1 Samuel 20:26:11 Sam.20.26.W1TAB
וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֥ר
velodiber
“and not he spoke”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-di-BER
- Extended
- veh-LOH-dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.diˈbːɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he spoke
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL me-u-MA ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL me-u-MA ba-YOM ha-HU KI A-mar mik-RE HU bil-TI ta-HOR HU ki-LO ta-HOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ prefixed to the Qal perfect diber {דִבֵּר | dib-bḗr} ‘he spoke,’ creating a negated action expressing Saul’s silence.
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause led by chashav {חָשַׁב | ḥā-šav} ‘he thought,’ which governs the noun phrase davar nô-p̄ēl lo {דָּבָר נָפֵל ל֑וֹ | dā-wār nô-p̄ēl lō} ‘an event befalling him,’ with the Piel participle nô-p̄ēl indicating resultant action.
Root and etymology
ד-ב-ר
“word, event”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:26
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day , for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean ; surely he is unclean.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:26, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֥ר (velodiber) 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.20.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.26.W1.S1) and character.