Leviticus 21:18:5Lev.21.18.W5TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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
ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- clause
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- sentence
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} negates the verb yikrav {יִקְרָב | yiq-rāv} ‘shall come near’, forming a prohibitive statement.
In context — Leviticus 21:18
For any man who has a defect shall not come near: a man who is blind, or lame, or mutilated in face , or a limb too long.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 21:18, 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.21.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.18.W5.S1) and character.