Proverbs 27:20:8Prov.27.20.W8TAB

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 tis-be-A-ne

  3. clause

    ve-e-NE ha-A-dam LO tis-be-A-ne

  4. sentence

    she-OL ve-a-va-DA va-a-vad-DO LO tis-be-A-ne ve-e-NE ha-A-dam LO tis-be-A-ne

Exegesis

In the first, the coordinated subjects sheol {שְׁאוֹל | šêʾôl} ‘underworld realm’ and abaddon {אֲבַדּוֹ | ’ă-bad-dôʾn} ‘destruction place’ share the negative predicate lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ plus the Qal imperfect tiśbannâ {תִשְׂבַּעְנָה | tiś-bāʿ-nāʾ} ‘are satisfied,’ emphasizing unending consumption.

In contextProverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; the eyes of man are never satisfied.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 27:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 27:20, 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.27.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.20.W8.S1) and character.