2 Samuel 13:25:122 Sam.13.25.W12TAB
וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה
veloava
“but he was not willing”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-A-VA
- Extended
- veh-LOH-aa-VAA
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʔaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but he was not willing
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-A-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-A-VA la-LE-khet
- clause
va-yif-RATS-BO ve-LO-A-VA la-LE-khet va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-av-sha-LOM al-be-NI al-NA ne-LEKH kul-LA-nu ve-LO nik-BAD a-LE-kha va-yif-RATS-BO ve-LO-A-VA la-LE-khet va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu
Exegesis
velo avah {וַיִּפְרָץ־בּוֹ ... וְלֹא אָבָה | wā-yip-pə-raṣ-bō ... wə-lōʾ ʾā-vāh} contrasts Absalom’s pressing with the king’s refusal.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ה
“to consent”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, please do not let us all go, lest we be a burden to you.” Though Absalom urged him, he would not go, but blessed him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 13:25, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה (veloava) 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 Sam.13.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.25.W12.S1) and character.