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
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
le-av-DI ka-RA-ti ve-LO ya-a-NE
- 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 context — Job 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.