Jeremiah 14:18:15Jer.14.18.W15TAB

וְלֹ֥א

velo

and not

Transliteration
ve-LO
Extended
veh-LOH
IPA
/vəˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
and not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֥א
ve + lo
velo

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO ya-DE-u

  3. clause

    ki-gam-na-VI gam-ko-HEN sa-kha-RU el-E-rets ve-LO ya-DE-u

  4. sentence

    im-ya-TSA-ti ha-sa-DE ve-hin-NE khal-le-KHE-rev ve-IM ba-TI ha-IR ve-hin-NE ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV ki-gam-na-VI gam-ko-HEN sa-kha-RU el-E-rets ve-LO ya-DE-u

Exegesis

The negation velo yada'u {וְלֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ | wə-lō yā-ḏā-ʿû} conveys their lack of understanding and highlights leadership ignorance.

In contextJeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the field, behold the slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold the diseases of famine! For both the prophet and the priest roam through the land and have no understanding .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 14:18, 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 Jer.14.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.18.W15.S1) and character.