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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Result
וְ + לֹ֣א
ve + lo
velo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO o-SIF

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.