Job 20:13:3Job.20.13.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

    yakh-MOL a-LE-ha ve-LO ya-a-ze-VE-na

  3. sentence

    yakh-MOL a-LE-ha ve-LO ya-a-ze-VE-na ve-yim-na-E-na be-TOKH KHI-ko

Exegesis

The negated clause velo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lōʾ} + yaazvennah {יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה | yaʿazbennāh} adds a second, parallel action: he refuses to let it go.

In contextJob 20:13

Though he spares it and does not abandon it, he holds it back in the midst of his palate .

About this coordinate

Job 20:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:13, 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.20.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.13.W3.S1) and character.