Nehemiah 13:6:2Neh.13.6.W2TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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 ha-YI-ti
- clause
u-ve-KHOL-ZE LO ha-YI-ti bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL-ZE LO ha-YI-ti bi-ru-sha-LIM KI bi-she-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-TAY-im le-ar-te-kha-SAS-te ME-lekh-BA-vel ba-TI el-ha-ME-lekh u-le-KETS ya-MIM nish-e-AL-ti min-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The negator lo {לֹא | lōʾ} combined with hayiti {הָיִיתִי | hā-yî-tî} forms a biographical aside “I was not in Jerusalem.”
Root and etymology
ל־א־ך
“service, work”
In context — Nehemiah 13:6
But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and at the end of a few days I asked leave from the king.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:6, 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 Neh.13.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.6.W2.S1) and character.