1 Samuel 20:2:141 Sam.20.2.W14TAB
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 yig-le
- clause
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT
Exegesis
The main clause lo tamut {לֹא תָמוּת | LO ta-MUT} ‘you shall not die’ employs the imperfect to convey assured survival.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:2
And Jonathan said to David, “You shall not die! For my father does not undertake any of this great matter without disclosing it to me; why should he conceal it from me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 20:2, 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.20.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.2.W14.S1) and character.