וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ

   ve-LO ya-MISH

   and not he will cease
3. clause🔊 וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃

   u-vi-she-NAT ba-TSO-ret LO yid-AG ve-LO ya-MISH me-a-SOT pe-RI

   and in {the} year of drought not he will be anxious and not he will cease from doing fruit
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א ירא יִרְאֶה֙ כִּֽי־יָ֣בֹא חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃

   ve-ha-YA ke-ETS sha-TUL al-MA-yim ve-al-yu-VAL ye-sha-LAKH sha-ra-SHAI-v ve-LO yra yir-E ki-ya-VO KHOM ve-ha-YA a-LE-hu ra-a-naN u-vi-she-NAT ba-TSO-ret LO yid-AG ve-LO ya-MISH me-a-SOT pe-RI

   and he will be like a tree planted by waters and by a stream he sends out his roots and not he fears he will see or fear for when it comes heat and it will be its leaf green or luxuriant and in {the} year of drought not he will be anxious and not he will cease from doing fruit

Exegesis

The negation velo yir’eh {וְלֹ֤א יִרְאֶה֙ | wə-lōʾ yir-ʾeh} ‘and does not fear’ coupled with the temporal clause ki-yavo chom {כִּֽי־יָ֣בֹא חֹ֔ם | kî-yā-ḇō ḥōm} ‘when heat comes’ introduces adversity.

The temporal phrase u-vishnat batzoret {וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ | ū-viš-naṯ ba-ṣō-reṯ} ‘and in the year of drought’ sets the scene, and the consecutive negatives lo yida’ag {לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג | lōʾ yid-ʾāg} and ve-lo yamish {וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ | wə-lōʾ yā-mîš} frame an ongoing refusal to slacken, culminating in the infinitive me-asot peri {מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי | mē-ʿă-sōṯ pē-rî} ‘from producing fruit’, rendered idiomatically as “ceasing to yield fruit.” The verse’s parallelism and repetition underscore steadfast resilience and prosperity.