2 Kings 21:8:12 Kgs.21.8.W1TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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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 o-SIF
- clause
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negative vav-consecutive velo' {וְלֹא | və-lōʼ}, framing a promise not to repeat past exile.
In context — 2 Kings 21:8
And I will not again cause the foot of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, only if they keep doing everything that I commanded them and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:8, 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.21.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.8.W1.S1) and character.