Numbers 14:18:9Num.14.18.W9TAB

לֹ֣א

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO ye-na-KE

  3. clause

    ve-na-KE LO ye-na-KE po-KED a-VON a-VOT al-BA-nim al-shi-le-SHIM ve-al-ri-be-IM

  4. sentence

    Ye-ho-VAH E-rekh a-pa-YIM ve-RAV-KHE-sed no-SE a-VON va-FA-sha ve-na-KE LO ye-na-KE po-KED a-VON a-VOT al-BA-nim al-shi-le-SHIM ve-al-ri-be-IM

Exegesis

The participial clause nō·śē ʿā·wōn wā·pā·šaʿ {נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֺ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע | nō·śē ʿā·wōn wā·pā·šaʿ} ‘bearing iniquity and transgression’ combined with the emphatic infinitive absolute wə·naq·qē lōʾ yə·naq·qē {וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה | wə·naq·qē lōʾ yə·naq·qē} underscores that God does not simply clear the guilty.

In contextNumbers 14:18

The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in steadfast love , forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:18, 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 Num.14.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.18.W9.S1) and character.