1 Kings 13:16:101 Kgs.13.16.W10TAB
וְלֹֽא־אֶשְׁתֶּ֤ה
veloeshte
“and I will not drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-e-SHTE
- Extended
- veh-LOH-eh-SHTEH
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʔɛʃˈtɛh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will not drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-e-SHTE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA
- clause
ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The cluster velo-okhal {וְלֹֽא־אֹ֣כַל | wə-lō-ʾo-khal} and velo-eshteh {וְלֹֽא־אֶשְׁתֶּ֤ה | wə-lō-ʾe-sh-teh} employ conjunction + negative to underscore the refusal of eating and drinking.
Root and etymology
š-t-hshin–tav–he
“to drink”
In context — 1 Kings 13:16
And he said, “I am not able to return with you or to come with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אֶשְׁתֶּ֤ה (veloeshte) 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 Kgs.13.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.16.W10.S1) and character.