Proverbs 19:24:6Prov.19.24.W6TAB
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 ye-shi-VE-NA
- clause
gam-el-PI-hu LO ye-shi-VE-NA
- sentence
ta-MAN a-TSEL ya-DO bats-tsal-LA-khat gam-el-PI-hu LO ye-shi-VE-NA
Exegesis
The second clause opens with the adversative gam {גַּם־ | gam} ‘even’, leading to el pihu {אֶל־פִּ֝֗יהוּ | ʾel pî-hû} ‘to his mouth’, then the negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’ and the Hiphil imperfect yeshivenna {יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה | yə-šî-wen-nā} ‘he returns it’. This chiastic structure highlights the sluggard’s extreme inaction. The formal reconstruction preserves Hebrew clause order to mirror this emphasis, while the dynamic version adapts the sequence for smoother English flow.
In context — Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish ; even to his mouth he does not bring it back.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 19:24, 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 Prov.19.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.24.W6.S1) and character.