2 Samuel 20:10:122 Sam.20.10.W12TAB
וְלֹא־שָׁ֥נָה
veloshana
“and he did not repeat”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-sha-NA
- Extended
- veh-LOH-shah-NAA
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did not repeat
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO-sha-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-sha-NA LO
- clause
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
Exegesis
The clause velo-shanah {וְלֹא־שָׁ֥נָה | wä-lōʾ-šā-nāh} ‘did not repeat’ highlights the single decisive blow.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:10
And Amasa was not alert to the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab struck him with it in the abdomen , and his intestines spilled to the ground; he did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikhri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־שָׁ֥נָה (veloshana) 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.20.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.10.W12.S1) and character.