2 Samuel 18:12:42 Sam.18.12.W4TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ISH el-YO-av ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai E-lef KE-sef lo-esh-LAKH ya-DI el-BEN-ha-ME-lekh KI be-oz-NE-nu tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh ot-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ISH el-YO-av ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai E-lef KE-sef lo-esh-LAKH ya-DI el-BEN-ha-ME-lekh KI be-oz-NE-nu tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh ot-KHA ve-et-a-vi-SHAI ve-et-i-TAI le-MOR shim-RU-mi ba-NA-ar be-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The negated imperfect lo eshlakh yadi {לֹא אֶשְׁלַח יָדִי | lōʼ ʾĕšlāḥ yādî} ‘I would not send my hand’ emphasizes refusal.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:12
And the man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing a thousand shekels of silver in my palms, I would not lay my hand against the king ’s son, for we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect the young man Absalom.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:12, 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 Sam.18.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.12.W4.S1) and character.