Exodus 21:18:8Exod.21.18.W8TAB
וְלֹ֥א
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ya-MUT
- clause
ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV
- sentence
ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV
Exegesis
The negative phrase velo yamot {וְלֹא יָמוּת | wə-lō yā-mût} ‘and not he dies’ indicates survival.
In context — Exodus 21:18
And if men quarrel , and a man strikes his companion with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but falls to bed .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 21:18, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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 Exod.21.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.18.W8.S1) and character.