Numbers 16:15:8Num.16.15.W8TAB

לֹא

“not”

Transliteration: LO
Extended: LOH
IPA: /loː/

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
sentence
va-yo-MER el-ye-ho-VAH al-TE-fen el-min-kha-TAM LO kha-MOR e-KHAD me-HEM na-sa-TI ve-LO ha-re-o-TI et-a-KHAD me-HEM

Exegesis

Moses’s defense employs a legal-moral parallelism with two negated clauses—lo nasati {לֹ֠א נָשָׂ֔אתִי | lō nā-sā-ʾtî} “I have not taken” and velo hereti {וְלֹ֥א הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי | wə-lō ḥă-rê-ʿō-tî} “and not I have wronged”—each with an accusative object (chamor echad mehem1; et-echad mehem2) emphasizing his innocence. The structure foregrounds the divine audience before personal exoneration, underscoring Moses’s appeal to YHWH’s justice.

Root and etymology

א־מ־ר

“to say”

In context — Numbers 16:15

And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD , “Do not turn toward their offering . I have not taken even one donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:15, so the Hebrew word לֹא (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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.15.W8.S1) and character.

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