1 Chronicles 21:6:11 Chr.21.6.W1TAB
וְלֵוִי֙
velevi
“and Levi”
- Transliteration
- ve-le-VI
- Extended
- veh-lee-VEE
- IPA
- /vəlɛːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Levi
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-le-VI
- clause
ve-le-VI u-vin-ya-MIN LO fa-KAD be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ve-le-VI u-vin-ya-MIN LO fa-KAD be-to-KHAM ki-nit-e-AV de-VAR-ha-ME-lekh et-yo-AV
Exegesis
The opening conjunction ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’ links the subjects Levi {לֵוִי | lē-vî} ‘Levi’ and Benjamin {בִנְיָמִ֔ן | vin-yā-mîn} ‘Benjamin’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:6
But Levi and Benjamin were not counted among them, because the king’s command was loathsome to Joab.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word וְלֵוִי֙ (velevi) 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 1 Chr.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.6.W1.S1) and character.