Leviticus 19:27:1Lev.19.27.W1TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO tak-KI-fu
- clause
LO tak-KI-fu pe-AT rosh-KHEM
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.