Ezekiel 22:30:12Ezek.22.30.W12TAB
וְלֹ֖א
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
- clause
ve-LO ma-TSA-ti
- sentence
va-a-vak-KESH me-HEM ISH go-DER-ga-DER ve-o-MED ba-PE-rets le-fa-NAI be-AD ha-A-rets le-vil-TI sha-kha-TA ve-LO ma-TSA-ti
Exegesis
The concluding ve-lo matsati {וְלֹא מָצָתִי | wə·lō’ mā·ṣā·ṯî} ‘and I found none’ delivers the climactic absence of an intercessor. The sequence of participle and prepositional clauses builds rhetorical tension, highlighting the failure to secure a mediator who might avert judgment.
In context — Ezekiel 22:30
I searched among them for a man who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, so that I would not ruin it, but I found none.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 22:30, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֖א (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 Ezek.22.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.30.W12.S1) and character.