2 Kings 21:22:52 Kgs.21.22.W5TAB
וְלֹ֥א
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 ha-LAKH
- clause
ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The negated perfect clause velo halakh {וְלֹא הָלַךְ | wə-lōʾ hā-lak} ‘and he did not walk’ expresses completed refusal.
In context — 2 Kings 21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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.21.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.22.W5.S1) and character.