וְלֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֣א

   ve-LO

   and does not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ

   ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo

   and does not cover it
3. clause🔊 וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בּ֗וֹר א֠וֹ־כִּֽי־יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ

   ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH BOR o-ki-yikh-REH ISH BOR ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo

   and when opens a man a pit or when digs a man a pit and does not cover it
4. sentence🔊 וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בּ֗וֹר א֠וֹ־כִּֽי־יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ וְנָֽפַל־שָׁ֥מָּה שּׁ֖וֹר א֥וֹ חֲמֽוֹר׃

   ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH BOR o-ki-yikh-REH ISH BOR ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo ve-na-fal-SHA-mah SHOR O kha-MOR

   and when opens a man a pit or when digs a man a pit and does not cover it and falls there an ox or a donkey

Exegesis

The coordinate negative velo {וְלֹא | wə-lō} ‘and not’ negates the piel imperfect yekhasennu {יְכַסֶּנּוּ | yə-ḵas-sen-nû} ‘covers it’, forming a unified conditional clause.