Deuteronomy 23:5:1Deut.23.5.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:6
וְלֹא־אָבָה֙
velo ava
“But was not willing”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO a-VA
- Extended
- veh-LOH a-VAH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː.ʔaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- But was not willing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO a-VA
- sentence
ve-LO a-VA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha lish-MO-a el-bil-AM va-ya-ha-FOkh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha le-KHA et-hak-le-la liv-ra-KHA KI a-hev-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negation velo {וְלֹא | vĕ-lō} paired with the perfect avah {אָבָה | ’ā-vāh}, foregrounding divine refusal.
Root and etymology
Root’-b-h
“to will, consent”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:5
But the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:5, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־אָבָה֙ (velo ava) 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.23.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.5.W1.S1) and character.