1 Kings 18:21:171 Kgs.18.21.W17TAB
וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ
veloanu
“and they did not answer”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-a-NU
- Extended
- veh-LOH-ah-NOO
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʕaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they did not answer
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-a-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-NU ha-AM
- clause
ve-LO-a-NU ha-AM o-TO da-VAR
- sentence
va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu el-KOL-ha-AM va-yo-MER ad-ma-TAI a-TEM po-se-KHIM al-she-TEI has-se-i-PIM im-Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM le-KHU a-kha-RAV ve-im-hab-BA-al le-KHU a-kha-RAV ve-LO-a-NU ha-AM o-TO da-VAR
Exegesis
The verse concludes with wĕ-lō-ʿanû hā‛ām ʾōtô dāvar {וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ הָעָם אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָֽר | wə-lō-ʿanû hā‛ām ʾōtô dāvar} ‘but the people did not answer him a word’, underscoring their complete silence.
In context — 1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah drew near to all the people and said, “How long will you continue limping on two branches ? If the LORD God is God, follow Him; but if Baal is god, then follow Him.” Yet the people gave him no reply.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ (veloanu) 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.18.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.21.W17.S1) and character.