Deuteronomy 16:4:1Deut.16.4.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֨ה
veloyeraeh
“And no shall be seen”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ye-ra-EH
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yeh-ra-EH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː.jeːraˈʔe/
Meaning by language
- English
- And no shall be seen
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ye-ra-EH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR
- clause
ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR be-KHOL-ge-vul-KHA shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR be-KHOL-ge-vul-KHA shiv-AT ya-MIM ve-LO-ya-LIN min-ha-ba-SAR a-SHER tiz-BAKH ba-E-rev ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON la-BO-ker
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel prohibitions, each marked by velo {וְלֹא | və-lō} ‘and not’, functioning as a negative conjunction.
In the first clause the Nifal imperfect yera’eh {יֵרָאֶה | yē-rā-ʾeh} ‘be seen’ precedes its subject se’or {שְׂאֹר | sə-ʾōr} ‘leaven’, emphasizing visible absence.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:4
And no leaven shall be seen in all your territory for seven days; nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the morning.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:4, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֨ה (veloyeraeh) 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 Deut.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.4.W1.S1) and character.