2 Kings 17:4:102 Kgs.17.4.W10TAB
וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה
veloheela
“and he did not bring up”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-he-e-LA
- Extended
- veh-loh-heh-eh-LAA
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.hɛ.ʕɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did not bring up
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-he-e-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA
- clause
va-yim-TSA ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-ho-SHE-a KE-sher a-SHER sha-LAKH mal-e-KHIM el-so ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA
- sentence
va-yim-TSA ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-ho-SHE-a KE-sher a-SHER sha-LAKH mal-e-KHIM el-so ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-he-e-LA min-KHA le-ME-lekh a-SHUR ke-sha-NA ve-sha-NA va-ya-tsre-HU ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-as-re-HU BET KE-le
Exegesis
The negative velo {וְלֹא | wə-lō} negates the Hifil perfect hĕʿelāh {הֶעֱלָ֥ה | hĕʿelāh} ‘he brought up,’ highlighting a breach of obligation.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–heh
“to ascend, go up”
In context — 2 Kings 17:4
But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not brought tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. So the king of Assyria restrained him and imprisoned him in a house of confinement.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה (veloheela) 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.17.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.4.W10.S1) and character.