Job 19:16:3Job.19.16.W3TAB

וְלֹ֣א

velo

and not

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

Meaning by language

English
and not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֣א
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. clause

    le-av-DI ka-RA-ti ve-LO ya-a-NE

  3. sentence

    le-av-DI ka-RA-ti ve-LO ya-a-NE be-MO-PI et-kha-NEN-LO

Exegesis

velo yaaneh {קָּרָאתִי ... וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה | qārāṯî ... wə-lōʾ yaʿăneh} sets an expectation-and-denial pattern: a completed initiative (“I called”) is met by an unfulfilled, ongoing expectation (“he does not answer”).

In contextJob 19:16

I called to my servant , but he does not answer; with my own mouth I entreat him .

About this coordinate

Job 19:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:16, 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.19.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.16.W3.S1) and character.