Numbers 24:13:7Num.24.13.W7TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO u-KHAL

  3. clause

    im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI

  4. sentence

    im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER

Exegesis

The negation lōʾ ʾûkhal la-ʿăvôr {לֹא אוּכַל לַעֲבֹר | lōʾ ʾû-ḵal la-ʿă-vôr} uses the first person imperfect to convey inability.

Root and etymology

l-ʼ-klamed-aleph-kaf

to send, messenger

In contextNumbers 24:13

Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:13, 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.24.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W7.S1) and character.