This is what the Hebrew word Lav (לאו) means.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
לָאו
lav
word
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lav.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כינוי למצות לא-תעשה.
The word Lav is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- לָאו
- Written without vowel points
- לאו
- Said
- lav
- Plural
- לָאוִין או לָאוִים
- Inflections
- ר' לָאוִין או לָאוִים
- Gematria
- 37
These words mean nearly the same as Lav.
These words mean the opposite of Lav.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Lav.
The word Lav is part of these phrases and sayings.
- לאו שאין בו מעשה
- לאו שיש בו מעשה
- לאו שניתק לעשה
- לאו דווקא
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Lav in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lav.
What is a synonym for Lav (לאו)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Lav (לאו) are לא.
What is the opposite of Lav (לאו)?
Words that mean the opposite of Lav (לאו) are הן, כן, מצוות עשה, and עשה.
What rhymes with Lav (לאו)?
Words that rhyme with Lav (לאו) include רב, חלב, מצב, כוכב, קו, and אב.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לאו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.