Exodus 39:21:11Exod.39.21.W11TAB

וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח

veloyizzakh

{and} not be displaced

Transliteration
ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH
Extended
veh-loh-yiz-ZAHKH
IPA
/wə.loː.jiz.ˈzaħ/

Meaning by language

English
{and} not be displaced

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לֹֽא + יִז + זַּ֣ח
ve + lo + yiz + zakh
veloyizzakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen

  3. clause

    va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD

  4. sentence

    va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH

Exegesis

The negative velo yizach {וְלֹא־יִזַּח | wə-lō yi-z-zaḥ} “and not it would slip” emphasizes secure attachment.

In contextExodus 39:21

And they bound the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue , to be on the band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not slip from upon the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 39:21, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח (veloyizzakh) 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.39.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.21.W11.S1) and character.