2 Kings 14:27:12 Kgs.14.27.W1TAB
וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֣ר
velodiber
“and not he spoke”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-di-BER
- Extended
- veh-LOH-dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.dibˈbɛr/
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 Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH lim-KHOT et-SHEM yis-ra-EL mi-ta-KHAT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yo-shi-EM be-YAD ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative vav-conjunction velo {וְלֹא | vǝ-lōʾ} ‘and not,’ which negates the following divine speech.
The Piel perfect dibber {דִּבֶּר | dîbber} ‘he spoke’ governs the infinitive limchot {לִמְחוֹת | limḥôṯ} ‘to blot out,’ establishing potential divine action.
Root and etymology
d-b-rsame letters
“word, matter”
In context — 2 Kings 14:27
And the LORD had not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־דִבֶּ֣ר (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 2 Kgs.14.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.27.W1.S1) and character.