Leviticus 22:12:9Lev.22.12.W9TAB

לֹ֥א

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 to-KHEL

  3. clause

    HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL

  4. sentence

    oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL

Exegesis

The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} with the imperfect tochel {תֹאכֵל | tō-ḵēl} ‘she shall eat’ expresses a binding prohibition. In English, the VSO order shifts to conditional SVO for clarity and idiomatic flow.

Root and etymology

to say

In contextLeviticus 22:12

And if a daughter of a priest becomes the wife of a layman , she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 22:12, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (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.22.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.12.W9.S1) and character.