Proverbs 28:20:6Prov.28.20.W6TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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 yi-NA-ke
- clause
ve-ATS le-ha-SHIR LO yi-NA-ke
- sentence
ISH e-mu-NOT rav-be-ra-KHOT ve-ATS le-ha-SHIR LO yi-NA-ke
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} precedes the niphal imperfect yinnakeh {יִנָּקֶֽה | yinnāqeh} ‘will be acquitted,’ yielding a statement of inevitable consequence. Hebrew parallelism contrasts the faithful with the greedy, linking moral character to outcome; English parallelism mirrors this by pairing the two clauses with but to mark contrast.
In context — Proverbs 28:20
A man of faithfulness will have abundant blessings, but he who hastens to become rich will not go unpunished .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 28:20, 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.28.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.20.W6.S1) and character.