2 Kings 21:9:12 Kgs.21.9.W1TAB
וְלֹ֖א
velo
“but not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vәˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but 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
- clause
ve-LO sha-ME-u
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u va-yat-EM me-na-SHE la-a-SOT ET-ha-RA min-ha-GO-yim a-SHER hish-MID ye-ho-VAH mip-ne be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with velo {וְלֹ֖א | wə-lō} introducing a negated counterexpectation.
In context — 2 Kings 21:9
But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֖א (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.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.9.W1.S1) and character.