Proverbs 24:14:9Prov.24.14.W9TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /vətiq.ˈwaːθ.xaː/
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 ti-ka-RET
- clause
ve-tik-VA-te-kha LO ti-ka-RET
- sentence
KEN de-EH kha-khe-MA le-naf-SHE-kha im-ma-TSA-ta ve-YESH a-kha-RIT ve-tik-VA-te-kha LO ti-ka-RET
Exegesis
The second coordinate clause ve-tikvatekha lo tikkaret {וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵת | wǝ-ti-qə-wā-ṯə-ḵā lōʾ ṯi-qā-rēṯ} ‘and your hope will not be cut off’ uses the Niphal imperfect to convey ongoing preservation. The repeated vav conjunctions create parallelism that reinforces the promise, and the conditional-parallel structure contrasts potential loss with steadfast assurance. In translation, the Hebrew coordination and particles are mirrored in English to preserve logical flow and rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
א-ו-ל
“foolish”
In context — Proverbs 24:14
So know wisdom for your soul; if you have found it, then there is a future , and your hope will not be cut off.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 24:14, 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.24.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.14.W9.S1) and character.