1 Kings 13:16:81 Kgs.13.16.W8TAB
וְלֹֽא־אֹ֣כַל
velohokhal
“and I will not eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-LOH-O-KHAL
- Extended
- veh-LOH-O-KHAHL
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʔoˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will not eat
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LOH-O-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem
- 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
Rootaleph–kaph–lamed
“to eat”
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 13:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אֹ֣כַל (velohokhal) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.16.W8.S1) and character.