Deuteronomy 23:10:9Deut.23.10.W9TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:11
וְלֹא
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH-ve-KHA EESH a-SHER LO-ye-HYEH-ta-HOR mik-REY-LAI-la ve-ya-TSA el-mik-HUTS la-ma-KHA-ne ve-LO ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-ne
Exegesis
The prohibition lo yavo {לֹא יָבֹא | lo yavo} + el tokh hammachaneh {אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַמַּחֲנֶה | el tokh hammachaneh} underscores that he may not return to the camp’s interior. The pattern “condition → cause → directive → prohibition” highlights the spatial and ritual separation essential to communal holiness.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:10
If there is among you a man who is not clean because of a nocturnal occurrence , then he shall go out to the outside of the camp; he shall not enter into the midst of the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 23:10, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא (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.23.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.10.W9.S1) and character.