וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃

   ve-LO tikh-BE

   and not it will be quenched
3. clause🔊 וְהִצַּ֧תִּי אֵ֣שׁ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃

   ve-hit-TSAT-ti ESH bi-she-a-RE-ha ve-AKH-la ar-me-NOT ye-ru-sha-LIM ve-LO tikh-BE

   then I will kindle fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not it will be quenched
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וּלְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׂאֵ֣ת מַשָּׂ֗א וּבֹ֛א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וְהִצַּ֧תִּי אֵ֣שׁ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃

   ve-im-LO tish-me-U e-LAI le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT u-le-vil-TI se-ET ma-SA u-VO be-sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-hit-TSAT-ti ESH bi-she-a-RE-ha ve-AKH-la ar-me-NOT ye-ru-sha-LIM ve-LO tikh-BE

   and if not you listen to me to set apart as holy day the Sabbath and to not carrying a load or burden and entering in the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath then I will kindle fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not it will be quenched

Exegesis

The apodosis employs the Hiphil perfect ve-hitzati {וְהִצַּתִּי | wə-hiṣ-ṣā-tî} “I will kindle” to signal divine agency, followed by the Qal perfect ve-okhlah {וְאָכְלָה | wə-’ā-ḵə-lāh} “it will consume” and the Qal imperfect ve-lo tikhbeh {וְלֹא תִכְבֶּה | wə-lō tiḵ-béh} “and it will not be quenched,” underscoring the certainty and enduring scope of the judgment.