1 Samuel 15:9:111 Sam.15.9.W11TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-VU
- clause
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
Exegesis
The clause wə-lō ʾā-vû ha-ḥă-rîmām {וְלֹ֥א אָב֖וּ הַחֲרִימָ֑ם | wə-lō ʾā-vû ha-ḥă-rîmām} uses the negative particle with a perfect verb to express refusal to carry out the cherem.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:9
Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the cattle, the choice animals, the lambs, and all that was good; they were unwilling to devote them to utter destruction, but they utterly destroyed all the property that was despised .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (velo) 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 Sam.15.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.9.W11.S1) and character.