Zechariah 14:18:15Zech.14.18.W15TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

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 ya-a-LU

  3. clause

    ti-HE-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-suk-KOT

  4. sentence

    ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM ti-HE-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-suk-KOT

Exegesis

The final purpose clause asher lo yaalu la-chog et-chag ha-sukkot {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעֲלוּ לָחֹג אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת | ă-šer lō ya-ʿă-lû lā-ḥôg ʾet-ḥăg ha-suk-kôtôt} ‘who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles’ uses the infinitive construct to express purpose.

In contextZechariah 14:18

And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, there will be no rain upon them; there shall be upon them the plague which the LORD will strike upon the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles .

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Zechariah 14:18, 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 Zech.14.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.18.W15.S1) and character.