Deuteronomy 22:30:5Deut.22.30.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:1
וְלֹ֣א
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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Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ye-ga-LEH
- clause
ve-LO ye-ga-LEH ke-NAF a-VIV
- sentence
lo-yi-KAKH ISH et-E-shet a-VIV ve-LO ye-ga-LEH ke-NAF a-VIV
Exegesis
The conjunction waw + lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} links a parallel prohibition; in the formal it is rendered as ‘so that he does not’ to underscore the connection between the clauses, while in the dynamic it is ‘and he must not’ to preserve the paired structure.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:30
No man shall take his father’s wife, so that he does not uncover his father’s nakedness .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 22:30, 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.22.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.30.W5.S1) and character.