Proverbs 6:28:5Prov.6.28.W5TAB
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 ti-ka-VE-na
- clause
ve-rag-LAV LO ti-ka-VE-na
- sentence
im-ye-ha-LEKH ISH al-ha-ge-kha-LIM ve-rag-LAV LO ti-ka-VE-na
Exegesis
The negative lo {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes the Nifal imperfect verb tikavenah {תִכָּוֶֽינָה | ti-qā-we-nāh} ‘will be burned’, forming the apodosis. This construction, characteristic of Hebrew wisdom literature, frames a rhetorical question that underscores the inevitability of natural consequence.
In context — Proverbs 6:28
If a man walks upon the coals , will his feet not be burned ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 6:28, 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.6.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.28.W5.S1) and character.