Leviticus 25:4:13Lev.25.4.W13TAB

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 tiz-MOR

  3. clause

    sahd-KHA LO tiz-RA ve-kar-me-KHA LO tiz-MOR

  4. sentence

    oo-va-sha-NA ha-she-VEE-IT sha-BAT sha-ba-TON yih-YEH la-A-rets sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH sahd-KHA LO tiz-RA ve-kar-me-KHA LO tiz-MOR

Exegesis

The prohibitions sadekha lo tizra {שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע | śā-ḏə-kā lōʾ tiz-rā‘} and ve-karmecha lo tizmor {וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר | wə-ḵar-mə-kā lōʾ tiz-mōr} employ second person masculine singular forms, with prohibitive particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} preceding each verb to emphasize the command.

In contextLeviticus 25:4

But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of complete rest for the land—a sabbath to the LORD . Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 25:4, 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.25.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.4.W13.S1) and character.