Numbers 22:12:4Num.22.12.W4TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 te-LEKH
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-BIL-am LO te-LEKH im-ma-HEM LO ta-OR et-ha-AM KI ba-RUKH HU
Exegesis
The subject Elohim {אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾĕlōhîm} ‘God’ addresses Balaam {בִּלְעָ֔ם | Bilʿām}, followed by two parallel prohibitions lo telekh {לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ | lō tēlēḵ} ‘do not go’ and lo taor {לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ | lō tōʾr} ‘do not curse’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger”
In context — Numbers 22:12
And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:12, 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.22.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.12.W4.S1) and character.