לֹ֤א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֤א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֤א תָבִ֙יאוּ֙

   LO ta-vi-U

   not shall you bring
3. clause🔊 לָכֵ֗ן לֹ֤א תָבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־הַקָּהָ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָהֶֽם׃

   la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM

   therefore not shall you bring this congregation this into the land which I have given to them
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ יַ֚עַן לֹא־הֶאֱמַנְתֶּ֣ם בִּ֔י לְהַ֨קְדִּישֵׁ֔נִי לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָכֵ֗ן לֹ֤א תָבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־הַקָּהָ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָהֶֽם׃

   va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM

   and said LORD to Moses and to Aaron because you did not believe in me to sanctify me in the eyes of the sons of Israel therefore not shall you bring this congregation this into the land which I have given to them

Exegesis

The causal particle ya‘an {יַ֚עַן | ya‘an} ‘because’ initiates the reason clause, which is negated by lō he’emantēm {לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם | lō he’emantēm} ‘you trusted’; here, the Hifil perfect conveys an active causative trust.

The consequence clause follows with lāḵēn lō tavī’û {לָכֵן לֹא תָבִיאוּ | lāḵēn lō tavī’û} ‘therefore you will not bring’, applying the prohibition to ha-qāhāl hazzē {הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה | ha-qāhāl hazzē} ‘this assembly’ and defining the scope with the relative clause ʾel-hā’āreṣ ʾăšer nāṯattî lāhem {אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם | ʾel-hā’āreṣ ʾăšer nāṯattî lāhem} ‘into the land that I have given them’. The translation retains the Hebrew causal-consecutive sequence and renders the Hifil constructions in active English to preserve the original voice.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ת־ל־אtav-lamed-aleph

“to be wearied, troubled”