Numbers 18:23:16Num.18.23.W16TAB

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 yin-cha-LU

  3. clause

    khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA

  4. sentence

    ve-a-VAD ha-lei-VI HU et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-HEM yis-U a-vo-NAM khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TEI-khem uv-to-KH be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO yin-cha-LU na-cha-LA

Exegesis

Finally, the prohibition lo yinchalu nachalah {לֹא יִנְחֲלוּ נַחֲלָה | lōʾ yi-nḥa-lû na-ḥā-lā(h)} ‘they shall not inherit an inheritance’ uses a noun-verb repetition for emphasis, defining lasting exclusion from land allotments.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Mem-Resh

to say, speak

In contextNumbers 18:23

But the Levite —he himself—shall carry out the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their guilt. This is an everlasting statute for your generations. And among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 18:23, 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 Num.18.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.23.W16.S1) and character.