2 Kings 18:32:172 Kgs.18.32.W17TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- clause
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- sentence
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu ve-al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-ya-SIT et-KHEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ya-tsi-LE-nu
Exegesis
The antithetic pairing wiḥyû wə-lō {וִחְיוּ וְלֹא | wiḥ-yû wə-lō} ‘and live and not’ presents life versus death.
In context — 2 Kings 18:32
Until I come and take you to a land like your land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey—so that you may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:32:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א (velo) 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.18.32.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.32.W17.S1) and character.