Psalm 15:5:9Ps.15.5.W9TAB
לֹ֖א
lo
“will not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will 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
- clause
LO yi-MOT le-o-LAM
- sentence
kas-PO lo-NA-tan be-NE-shekh ve-SHO-khad al-na-KI LO la-KAKH o-SE-E-le LO yi-MOT le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct-state noun kaspo {כַּסְפּוֹ | kas-pō} ‘his money’ followed by the negative particle lo {לֹא־ | lōʾ} ‘not’ and the Qal perfect verb natan {נָתַן | nā-ṯan} ‘he gave’, governing the prepositional phrase beneshekh {בְּנֶשֶׁךְ | bə-ne-šekh} ‘in interest’.
A parallel nominal clause follows with veshokhad {וְשֹׁחַד | wə-šō-ḥaḏ} ‘bribe’ introduced by the conjunction ve {וְ | wə} and the prepositional phrase al naqi {עַל־נָקִי | ʿal nā-qî} ‘against the innocent’, framed by the negative lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and the Qal perfect lakach {לָקַח | lā-qāḥ} ‘he took’.
In context — Psalm 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent ; he who practices these things will not be moved .
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Psalm 15:5, so the Hebrew word לֹ֖א (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 Ps.15.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.5.W9.S1) and character.