Leviticus 23:22:10Lev.23.22.W10TAB
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 te-la-KET
- clause
oo-veh-kuts-REH-khem et-ke-TSIR arts-KHEM lo-te-kha-LEH pe-AT sahd-KHAA be-kuts-REH-kha ve-LE-ket keh-tseer-KHA LO te-la-KET
- sentence
oo-veh-kuts-REH-khem et-ke-TSIR arts-KHEM lo-te-kha-LEH pe-AT sahd-KHAA be-kuts-REH-kha ve-LE-ket keh-tseer-KHA LO te-la-KET leh-ah-NEE ve-la-GER ta-a-ZOV oh-TAAM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
Two parallel prohibitions are framed by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} with Piel imperfect verbs tekhalleh {תְכַלֶּה | te-ḥal-leh} ‘you shall finish’ and telakket {תְלַקֵּט | te-laq-qêṭ} ‘you shall gather’, creating a legal parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“occupation, work”
In context — Leviticus 23:22
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the edge of your field in your reaping, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. For the poor and the sojourner you shall leave them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 23:22, 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.23.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.22.W10.S1) and character.