1 Kings 13:17:71 Kgs.13.17.W7TAB
וְלֹֽא־תִשְׁתֶּ֥ה
velotishte
“and you shall not drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-tish-TE
- Extended
- veh-loh-tihsh-TEH
- IPA
- /vəloː θiʃˈtɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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-tish-TE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM
- clause
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim
- sentence
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
Exegesis
Sequential negative particles lo {לֹא | lōʾ} govern the imperfect verbs toakhal {תֹאכַל | tô·ʾā·ḵal}, tishteh {תִשְׁתֶּה | tiš·tēh}, and tashuv {תָשׁוּב | ṯā·šūḇ}, highlighting progressive prohibitions.
Root and etymology
š-t-hshin–tav–he
“to drink”
In context — 1 Kings 13:17
For a word has come to me by the word of the LORD , saying, “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water there, nor shall you return to go by the way that you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תִשְׁתֶּ֥ה (velotishte) 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.13.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.17.W7.S1) and character.