1 Samuel 22:17:211 Sam.22.17.W21TAB
וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ
veloavu
“and they were not willing”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-A-VU
- Extended
- veh-loh-aa-VOO
- IPA
- /wəloː.ʔaːˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were not willing
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' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-A-VU
- clause
ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent wə-lōʾ-ʼāvû ʿavdê hammélekh {וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | wə-lōʾ-ʼāvû ʿavdê hammélekh} ‘and the king’s servants were unwilling’ signals moral reluctance.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b
“father”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said to the runners standing before him, “Turn and put to death the priests of the LORD , for their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not report it to my ear .” But the servants of the king were not willing to send forth their hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Samuel 22:17, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אָב֞וּ (veloavu) 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.22.17.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.17.W21.S1) and character.