Numbers 20:5:9Num.20.5.W9TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“no”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- no
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 me-KOM ZE-ra
- clause
LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
- sentence
ve-la-MA he-e-li-TU-nu mi-mits-RA-yim le-ha-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-ma-KOM ha-RA ha-ZEH LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
Exegesis
The negator lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ and existential particle ayin {אַיִן | ʾā·yin} ‘there is not’ intensify the sense of deprivation.
Root and etymology
Roottav-lamed-aleph
“to be wearied, troubled”
In context — Numbers 20:5
And why did you bring us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates , nor is there water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:5, so the Hebrew word לֹ֣א (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.20.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.5.W9.S1) and character.