Proverbs 26:17:6Prov.26.17.W6TAB

לֹּֽא־לֽוֹ׃

lolo

not his

Transliteration
lo-LO
Extended
loh-LOH
IPA
/loːˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not his

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Result
לֹּֽא + לֽוֹ׃
lo + lo
lolo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-RIV lo-LO

  3. clause

    o-VER mit-e-ab-BER al-RIV lo-LO

  4. sentence

    ma-kha-ZIK be-oz-NEI-KA-lev o-VER mit-e-ab-BER al-RIV lo-LO

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase al-riv {עַל־רִ֥יב | ʿal-rîv} ‘over a quarrel’ marks the point of contention, while the doubled negative lo lo {לֹא־לוֹ | lōʾ lō} ‘not to him’ underscores lack of rightful stake. The English preserves the stark parallelism and abrupt pacing by rendering the Hebrew participles as dynamic idioms.

In contextProverbs 26:17

Like one who grips a dog by its ears, so is a passerby who kindles his own fury in a quarrel not his own.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 26:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 26:17, so the Hebrew word לֹּֽא־לֽוֹ׃ (lolo) 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.26.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.17.W6.S1) and character.