1 Kings 13:8:101 Kgs.13.8.W10TAB
וְלֹֽא־אֹ֤כַל
velookhal
“I will not eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-o-KHAL
- Extended
- veh-LOH-oh-KHAL
- IPA
- /wəloː.ʔoˈxal/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-LO-o-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem
- clause
ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The sequence of negatives lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ} + avo {אָבֹ֖א | ʼā·ḇōʾ} ‘I will come’, velo {וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lōʾ} + okhal {אֹ֤כַל | ʼō·ḵal} ‘I will eat’, and velo {וְלֹ֣א | wə·lōʾ} + eshteh {אֶשְׁתֶּה־ | ʼeš·teh} ‘I will drink’ with mayim {מַיִם | ma·yim} ‘water’ employs parallelism to emphasize refusal.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaph–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — 1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 13:8, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אֹ֤כַל (velookhal) 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.13.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.8.W10.S1) and character.