Exodus 14:20:13Exod.14.20.W13TAB
וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב
velokarav
“{And} did not come near”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-ka-RAV
- Extended
- veh-loh-kah-RAV
- IPA
- /və.loː.qaˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} did not come near
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-ka-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH
- clause
ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH el-ZEH kol-hal-LAI-la
- sentence
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH el-ZEH kol-hal-LAI-la
Exegesis
The reciprocal demonstratives zeh {זֶ֛ה | zeh} and el-zeh {אֶל־זֶ֖ה | ’el-zeh} with velo-karav {וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב | vê-lō-kā-rav} reinforce complete separation through kol-hallailah {כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה | kol-ha-lai-lāh}. This structure highlights protective spatial ordering without explicitly naming the divine agent.
Root and etymology
q-r-bqoph–resh–beth
“draw near”
In context — Exodus 14:20
And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light to the night for these; and neither camp drew near the other all night.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב (velokarav) 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 Exod.14.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.20.W13.S1) and character.