Numbers 20:18:4Num.20.18.W4TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“You shall not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall 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
- phraseyour reading level
LO ta-a-VOR
- clause
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
Exegesis
The prohibition lo taavor {לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר | lō ta-ʿă-vôr} ‘you shall not pass’ uses the Qal imperfect 2ms to convey a categorical command.
Root and etymology
Roottav-lamed-aleph
“to be wearied, troubled”
In context — Numbers 20:18
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I go out to meet you with the sword .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:18, 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.20.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.18.W4.S1) and character.