לֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֥א

   LO

   you shall not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א תְחַלְּלוּ וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ׃

   LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu

   you shall not profane and not you shall die
3. clause🔊 וְאֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֧י בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לֹ֥א תְחַלְּלוּ וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ׃

   ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu

   and the holy things of the children of Israel you shall not profane and not you shall die
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֥ם אֶת־חֶלְבּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְאֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֧י בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לֹ֥א תְחַלְּלוּ וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ׃

   ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu

   and you shall not bear upon it sin when you lift up the best part of it from it and the holy things of the children of Israel you shall not profane and not you shall die

Exegesis

A chiastic pattern links the prohibition of profaning (lo techallelu {לֹא תְּחַלְּלוּ | lōʾ tə-ḥal-lə-lū} ‘you shall not profane’) with the threat of death, reinforcing the cause-and-effect relationship through rhythmic legal parallelism.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רAleph-Mem-Resh

“to say, speak”

• 🔊 אִמְרָה’imrâutteranceGenesis 2:17