2 Samuel 17:12:152 Sam.17.12.W15TAB
וְלֹֽא־נ֥וֹתַר
velonotar
“and not will be left”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-no-TAR
- Extended
- veh-LOH-noh-TAR
- IPA
- /vəlɔːnoːˈtar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not will be left
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-no-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-no-TAR BO
- clause
ve-LO-no-TAR BO u-ve-khol-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-i-TO gam-e-KHAD
- sentence
u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA ve-LO-no-TAR BO u-ve-khol-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-i-TO gam-e-KHAD
Exegesis
A poetic simile kaasher yipol hatal alhaadamah {כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִפֹּ֥ל הַטַּ֖ל עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֑ה | ka-ʼă-šer yi-ppōl ha-ṭal ʿal-hā-ʼă-dā-māh} ‘as when the dew falls upon the ground’ evokes overwhelming force, and the emphatic negative velo notar bo uvechol ha’anashim asherito gamechad {וְלֹֽא־נ֥וֹתַר בּ֛וֹ וּבְכָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ גַּם־אֶחָֽד | wə-lōʼ nō-ṯar bō ʼu-və-khol hā-ʼănā-šîm ʼă-šer-ʼit-tô gam-ʼe-ḥād} ‘and not even one will be left among him or all his men’ uses gam ‘even’ to intensify total destruction. This structure mirrors the Hebrew’s layered clauses and simile to preserve the verse’s escalating tension.
Root and etymology
y-t-rYod–Tav–Resh
“to remain, be left over”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:12
And we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found, and we will fall on him like dew falls upon the ground, and there will not be left in him or among all the men who are with him even one .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־נ֥וֹתַר (velonotar) 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.17.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.12.W15.S1) and character.