Job 14:21:6Job.14.21.W6TAB
וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין
veloyavin
“and not he understands”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ya-VIN
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yah-VEEN
- IPA
- /vəˈloː.jaˈviːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he understands
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ya-VIN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ya-VIN la-MO
- clause
ve-yits-e-A-RU ve-LO-ya-VIN la-MO
- sentence
yikh-be-DU va-NAV ve-LO ye-DA ve-yits-e-A-RU ve-LO-ya-VIN la-MO
Exegesis
A second matching pair follows (veyitsaru {וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ | wə-yiṣʿărû} ‘and they will be brought low’ // velo-yavin {וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין | wə-lō-yābîn} ‘but he does not understand’). The shift between plural verbs for the sons and singular verbs for “he” heightens the separation between their fortunes and his awareness, fitting Job’s meditation on death and human limitation in the surrounding context.
Root and etymology
consonantsbet–yod–nun
“to understand”
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 14:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין (veloyavin) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.21.W6.S1) and character.