Deuteronomy 21:4:11Deut.21.4.W11TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“nor”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- nor
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a
- clause
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a
- sentence
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH ba-NA-khal
Exegesis
In that clause, the negatives lo {לֹא־ | lō} and wə-lo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lō} govern the imperfect passive lo yeaved {לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד | lō yē-ʿă-ḇēd} ‘is not worked’ and the niphal yizara {יִזָּרֵ֑עַ | yiz-za-ṝe-aʿ} ‘is not sown,’ highlighting the land’s untouched state.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:4
Then the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water , a place that has neither been tilled nor sown; and there in the valley they shall break the heifer’s neck.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 21:4, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א (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.21.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W11.S1) and character.