Numbers 19:12:14Num.19.12.W14TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

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 yit-HAR

  3. clause

    ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR

  4. sentence

    HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR

Exegesis

The particle wə-ʾim-lōʾ {וְאִם־לֹא | wə-ʾim-lōʾ} introduces a protasis marking the negative conditional outcome. The temporal phrases ba-yōm ha-šəlîšî…

In contextNumbers 19:12

He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean ; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 19:12, 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.19.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.12.W14.S1) and character.