1 Samuel 20:34:61 Sam.20.34.W6TAB
וְלֹא־אָכַ֥ל
veloakhal
“and he did not eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-a-KHAL
- Extended
- veh-loh-ah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /wəloː.ʔaːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-a-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-a-KHAL be-YOM-ha-KHO-desh
- clause
ve-lo-a-KHAL be-YOM-ha-KHO-desh ha-she-NI
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan me-IM ha-shu-le-KHAN ba-kha-ri-OF ve-lo-a-KHAL be-YOM-ha-KHO-desh ha-she-NI LE-khem KI ne-e-TSAV el-da-VID KI hi-khe-li-MO a-VIV
Exegesis
The negation velo akhal {וְלֹא אָכַל | wə-lōʾ ʾāḵal} “and he did not eat” with bayyom hasheni {בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי | ba-yōm haš-šē-nî} “on the second day” sets the temporal frame.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:34
And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger, and on the second day he did not eat because he was grieved for David and because his father had disgraced him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:34, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־אָכַ֥ל (veloakhal) 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.20.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.34.W6.S1) and character.