Job 14:21:3Job.14.21.W3TAB
וְלֹ֣א
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
- clause
yikh-be-DU va-NAV ve-LO ye-DA
- sentence
yikh-be-DU va-NAV ve-LO ye-DA ve-yits-e-A-RU ve-LO-ya-VIN la-MO
Exegesis
The verse is built as a balanced parallelism: a first clause describes the sons’ changed status (yikhbedu {יִכְבְּד֣וּ | yiḵbədû} ‘they will be honored’), followed by a negated cognition clause (velo yeda {וְלֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע | wə-lō yēdaʿ} ‘but he does not know’).
In context — Job 14:21
His sons may be honored, but he does not know; and they may be brought low, but he does not understand about them.
About this coordinate
Job 14:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א (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 Job.14.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.21.W3.S1) and character.