Leviticus 22:12:9Lev.22.12.W9TAB
לֹ֥א
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 to-KHEL
- clause
HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.