Numbers 22:37:13Num.22.37.W13TAB
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 u-KHAL
- clause
ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha
Exegesis
The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא | halōʾ} ‘is it not?’
Root and etymology
Rootmem-lamed-aleph-kaf
“messenger”
In context — Numbers 22:37
And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not surely send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Indeed, am I not able to honor you?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:37:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 22:37, 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.22.37.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.37.W13.S1) and character.