Numbers 23:25:5Num.23.25.W5TAB
לֹ֣א
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 tik-ko-VE-nu
- clause
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM gam-KOV LO tik-ko-VE-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM gam-KOV LO tik-ko-VE-nu gam-ba-REKH LO te-va-ra-KHE-nu
Exegesis
The adverb gam {גַּם־ | gam} intensifies each command, while lo {לֹא | lōʾ} marks negation, resulting in a balanced parallelism that heightens the absolute ban.
In context — Numbers 23:25
Then Balak said to Balaam, “You must neither curse them at all nor bless them at all.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:25, 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.23.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.25.W5.S1) and character.