Leviticus 25:11:8Lev.25.11.W8TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

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Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
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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 tiz-ra-OO

  3. clause

    LO tiz-ra-OO ve-LO tik-tse-ROO et-se-fi-KHEE-ha ve-LO tiv-tse-ROO et-ne-zi-REE-ha

  4. sentence

    yo-VEL HI-u she-NAT ha-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NA ti-HYEH la-KHEM LO tiz-ra-OO ve-LO tik-tse-ROO et-se-fi-KHEE-ha ve-LO tiv-tse-ROO et-ne-zi-REE-ha

Exegesis

A series of Qal imperfect verbs (tizrau {תִזְרָעוּ | tīz-rāʿ-ū}, tiktsru {תִקְצְרוּ | tīq-ṣər-ū}, tivtseru {תִבְצְר֖וּ | ṭîḇ-ṣər-ū}) each preceded by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and joined by vav {וְ | wə-} establishes three parallel prohibitions.

In contextLeviticus 25:11

It is a jubilee ; the fiftieth year shall be for you. You must not sow, nor reap its self-sown growth , nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vine.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 25:11, 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.25.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.11.W8.S1) and character.