Exodus 16:20:1Exod.16.20.W1TAB
וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֣וּ
veloshamoo
“did not listen”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-sham-OO
- Extended
- veh-loh-sham-OO
- IPA
- /və.loː.ʃamˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did not listen
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-sham-OO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE
- clause
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH
- sentence
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH va-yik-TSOF a-LE-hem mo-SHE
Exegesis
The verse begins with velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, negating sham'u {שָׁמְעוּ | šā-mə-ʿû} ‘they listened’, highlighting a failure to obey.
Root and etymology
“to hear, listen”
In context — Exodus 16:20
But they did not heed Moses , and some of the people reserved a portion until dawn; it then swarmed with maggots and turned putrid, so Moses was angry with them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֣וּ (veloshamoo) 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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.20.W1.S1) and character.