2 Kings 18:36:32 Kgs.18.36.W3TAB
וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ
veloanu
“and they did not answer”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-a-NU
- Extended
- veh-LOH-aa-NOO
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.ʕaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they did not answer
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO-a-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-NU o-TO
- clause
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR
- sentence
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR KI-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
The coordinated negation velo anû oto davar {וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר | wə-lō-ʿā-nû ō-ṯô dā-ḇār} uses a consecutive vav plus negative particle to intensify refusal, with the Qal perfect verb anû governing the pronoun oto and noun davar as its object.
In context — 2 Kings 18:36
But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, because it was the command of the king, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ (veloanu) 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.18.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.36.W3.S1) and character.