Deuteronomy 19:21:1Deut.19.21.W1TAB
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 ta-KHOS
- clause
ve-LO ta-KHOS ei-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-LO ta-KHOS ei-NE-kha NE-fesh be-NE-fesh A-yin be-A-yin SHEN be-SHEN YAD be-YAD RE-gel be-RA-gel
Exegesis
The verse opens with velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, marking a prohibitive command.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:21
And your eye shall not have pity ; life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 19:21, 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 Deut.19.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.21.W1.S1) and character.