Jeremiah 13:14:9Jer.13.14.W9TAB
וְלֹֽא־אָח֛וּ
veloakhus
“and I will not spare”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-a-KHUS
- Extended
- veh-loh-aa-KHOOS
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʔaːˈħuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will not spare
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-a-KHUS
- phraseyour reading level
lo-e-kh-MOL ve-lo-a-KHUS
- clause
lo-e-kh-MOL ve-lo-a-KHUS ve-LO a-ra-KHEM me-ha-she-khi-TAM
- sentence
ve-nip-TSAT-tim ISH el-a-KHI-av ve-ha-a-VOT ve-ha-ba-NIM yakh-DAV ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH lo-e-kh-MOL ve-lo-a-KHUS ve-LO a-ra-KHEM me-ha-she-khi-TAM
Exegesis
A series of negatives lo-echmol {לֹֽא־אֶחְמוֹל | lō-ʾeḥ-mōl}, ve-lo-achus {וְלֹֽא־אָח֛וּס | wə-lō-ʾā-ḥûs}, and ve-lo {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lō} preceding arachem {אֲרַחֵ֖ם | ʾă-ra-ḥêm} ‘I will have mercy’ build cumulative denial.
In context — Jeremiah 13:14
And I will shatter them, a man against his brother, and the fathers and the sons together, declares the LORD . I will not have compassion , nor will I spare, nor will I have mercy; I will destroy them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 13:14, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אָח֛וּ (veloakhus) 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 Jer.13.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.14.W9.S1) and character.