Leviticus 21:5:6Lev.21.5.W6TAB
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 ye-gal-LE-khu
- clause
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu
- sentence
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu u-vi-vsa-RAM LO yis-re-TU sa-ra-TET
Exegesis
The verse employs three parallel prohibitions introduced by the negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’, each followed by an imperfect verbal clause: the Qal yikrekhu {יִקְרְחוּ | yiqrəḥû} ‘they shall make bald’, the Piel yegallēḥû {יְגַלֵּחוּ | yəgallēḥû} ‘they shall shave’, and the Qal yisretu {יִשְׂרְטּוּ | yiśrəṭṭû} ‘they shall cut’.
In context — Leviticus 21:5
They must not make baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edge of their beards, nor make any incision in their flesh.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 21:5, 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.21.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W6.S1) and character.