2 Kings 22:20:82 Kgs.22.20.W8TAB
וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָה
velotirena
“and not shall see”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-tir-E-na
- Extended
- veh-loh-tir-EH-naa
- IPA
- /vəloː.tirˈʔeːnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not shall see
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-tir-E-na
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha
- clause
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
Exegesis
The negative clause wəlōtīrʾinnā ʿēnēḵā {וְלֹא־תִרְאֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ | wə-lō-tī-rʾin-nā ʿēnēḵā} indicates the king’s eyes will avoid seeing hārāʿāh {הָרָעָה | hārāʿāh}, “the evil,” introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} and expressed by the Hifil participle mēvîʾ {מֵבִיא | mēvîʾ}.
In context — 2 Kings 22:20
Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace . Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָה (velotirena) 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.22.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.20.W8.S1) and character.