Joshua 16:10:1Josh.16.10.W1TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“but did not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but did 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU
- clause
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-GA-zer
- sentence
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-GA-zer va-YESHEV ha-ke-na-a-NI be-KE-rev ef-ra-YIM ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI le-MAS-o-VED
Exegesis
The verse begins with velo {וְלֹא | və-lō} ‘and not,’ marking incomplete conquest.
In context — Joshua 16:10
But they did not dispossess the Canaanite who dwelt in Gezer, so the Canaanite has remained among Ephraim until this day and has become a levy of labor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 16:10, 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 Josh.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.10.W1.S1) and character.