2 Samuel 18:29:162 Sam.18.29.W16TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ya-DA-ti
- clause
va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive forms maintain narrative flow, and the concluding clause wə-lo yadati mah {וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מָה | wə-lō yāḏa‘tî māh} conveys Ahimaaz’s uncertainty about what occurred.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom ?” And Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me, your servant, I saw a great crowd , but I did not know what it was.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 18:29, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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.18.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.29.W16.S1) and character.