Leviticus 19:27:1Lev.19.27.W1TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO tak-KI-fu

  3. clause

    LO tak-KI-fu pe-AT rosh-KHEM

  4. sentence

    LO tak-KI-fu pe-AT rosh-KHEM ve-LO tash-KHEET ET pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha

Exegesis

The verse opens with lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’, introducing two parallel prohibitions joined by ve-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’.

Root and etymology

k-l-ʾ

to restrain, separate

In contextLeviticus 19:27

You shall not round the corners of your head, and you shall not destroy the corners of your beard.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:27, so the Hebrew word לֹ֣א (lo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.19.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.27.W1.S1) and character.