Psalm 15:3:1Ps.15.3.W1TAB
לֹֽא־רָגַ֨ל
loragal
“he does not slander”
- Transliteration
- LO-ra-GAL
- Extended
- LOH-raa-GAHL
- IPA
- /loː.raˈɡal/
Meaning by language
- English
- he does not slander
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO-ra-GAL
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no
- clause
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no LO-a-SA le-RE-e-hu ra-A
- sentence
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no LO-a-SA le-RE-e-hu ra-A ve-kher-PA LO-na-SA al-ke-RO-vo
Exegesis
The psalmist constructs a tripartite parallelism with the negation particle lo {לֹא־ | lō} ‘not’ initiating each clause to underscore moral boundaries.
In the first clause, ragal {רָגַ֨ל | ra-ḡal} ‘he slandered’ combines with the instrument leshono {לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ | lə-šō-nō} ‘his tongue’, highlighting defamation by speech.
Root and etymology
r-g-lresh–gimel–lamed
“to defame secretly”
In context — Psalm 15:3
He does not slander with his tongue, he does no evil to his neighbor, and he does not carry reproach against his close one.
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 15:3, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־רָגַ֨ל (loragal) 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 Ps.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.3.W1.S1) and character.