Zechariah 14:18:3Zech.14.18.W3TAB
לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה
lotaale
“does not go up”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-a-LE
- Extended
- loh-tah-ah-LEH
- IPA
- /loː.ta.ʕaˈlɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- does not go up
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ta-a-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE
- clause
ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM
- 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
In the conditional clause, the verbs lo-ta‘aleh {לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה | lā-ta‘ă-lēh} ‘does not go up’ and vaah {בָאָ֖ה | vā-’āh} ‘comes’ combine with velo {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lō} ‘and does not’ to express refusal.
In context — Zechariah 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 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Zechariah 14:18, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה (lotaale) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.18.W3.S1) and character.