Isaiah 13:20:3Isa.13.20.W3TAB
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 tish-ke-KHON
- clause
lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR
- sentence
lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR ve-lo-ya-HEL SHAM a-ra-VI ve-ro-IM lo-yar-BI-tsu SHAM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a sequence of negated clauses introduced by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’, establishing an emphatic parallelism that conveys total desolation.
In context — Isaiah 13:20
She shall never be inhabited, and she shall not be settled from generation to generation; neither shall an Arab pitch a tent there, nor shall shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 13:20, 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 Isa.13.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.20.W3.S1) and character.