Numbers 23:24:6Num.23.24.W6TAB
לֹ֤א
lo
“it does not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it does 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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The word
Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO yish-KAV
- clause
LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
- sentence
hen-AM ke-la-VI ya-KUM ve-ka-a-RI yit-na-SA LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
Exegesis
The negative clause lōʾ yiškav ʿad-yōʾēḵal {לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל | lōʾ yiš-kav ʿad-yōʾē-kal} ‘he will not lie down until he eats’ uses the preposition ʿad to indicate a purpose or condition.
In context — Numbers 23:24
Behold, a people rises like a lion and lifts itself up like a lion; it will not lie down until it eats prey and drinks the blood of the slain .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:24, so the Hebrew word לֹ֤א (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.23.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.24.W6.S1) and character.