Leviticus 26:27:2Lev.26.27.W2TAB

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 tish-me-U

  3. clause

    veh-IM-be-ZOT LO tish-me-U LI

  4. sentence

    veh-IM-be-ZOT LO tish-me-U LI va-ha-lakh-TEM im-MI be-KE-ri

Exegesis

The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes the imperfect tishme’u {תִּשְׁמְעוּ | tiš-mə-‘ū} ‘you listen’, forming a negative conditional clause.

In contextLeviticus 26:27

And if, in spite of this , you do not listen to Me but walk with Me in hostility .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 26:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 26:27, 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.26.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.27.W2.S1) and character.