Hosea 14:3:7Hos.14.3.W7TABWLC Hosea 14:4
וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר
velonomar
“and we will not say”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-NO-mar
- Extended
- veh-loh-NOH-mahr
- IPA
- /nirˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will not say
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-NO-mar
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-NO-mar OD
- clause
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu
- sentence
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu a-SHER-be-KHA ye-ru-KHAM ya-TOM
Exegesis
The third denial shifts to worship language: wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar {וְלֹא־נֹאמַר | wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar} ‘and we will not say’ plus ʿod {ע֚וֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘again’ introduces a decisive break, with ʾelohenu {אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ʾĕlōhênû} ‘our gods’ functioning as the quoted address directed lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû {לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ | lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû} ‘to the work of our hands’, exposing handmade idols as the rejected object of devotion.
In context — Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will no longer say, “Our gods,” to the work of our hands, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־נֹ֥אמַר (velonomar) 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 Hos.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.3.W7.S1) and character.