Numbers 32:19:2Num.32.19.W2TAB

לֹ֤א

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

    KI LO nin-KHAL

  3. clause

    KI LO nin-KHAL it-TAM me-E-ver la-yar-DEN va-hal-AH

  4. sentence

    KI LO nin-KHAL it-TAM me-E-ver la-yar-DEN va-hal-AH KI va-AH na-kha-la-TE-nu e-LE-nu me-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-kha

Exegesis

The Niphal imperfect in nînaḥal {נִנְחַל | nî·naḥal} ‘we will inherit’ with lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ conveys a firm collective decision.

Root and etymology

m-l-ʾmem-lamed-aleph

to fill, fulfill, complete

In contextNumbers 32:19

For we will not inherit with them from the other side of the Jordan and beyond, for our inheritance has come to us from the other side of the Jordan, eastward .

About this coordinate

Numbers 32:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:19, 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.32.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.19.W2.S1) and character.