וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֖ינוּ

   ve-LO ya-vi-NU

   and not understand
3. clause🔊 יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ רַבִּ֔ים וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ רְשָׁעִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֖ינוּ כָּל־רְשָׁעִ֑ים

   yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM

   many purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined the wicked ones but act wickedly all the wicked ones and not understand
4. sentence🔊 יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ רַבִּ֔ים וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ רְשָׁעִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֖ינוּ כָּל־רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִ֖ים יָבִֽינוּ׃

   yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM ve-ham-mas-ki-LIM ya-vi-NU

   many purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined the wicked ones but act wickedly all the wicked ones and not understand but the wise ones understand

Exegesis

The negation ve-lo {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lō} coupled with kol-reshayim {כָּל־רְשָׁעִ֑ים | kol-re-šāʿîm} emphasizes that none of the wicked shall understand (yavinu {יָבִֽינוּ | yāḇînû}).