Judges 13:3:8Judg.13.3.W8TAB

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. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO ya-LAD-te

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN

  4. sentence

    va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-i-SHA va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN

Exegesis

The conjunction velo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ negates the perfect verb yaladt {יָלַ֔דְתְּ | yālaḏt} ‘you have borne’, emphasising absence.

In contextJudges 13:3

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said, “Look closely: you are barren and have not borne a child, yet you will conceive and bear a son.”

About this coordinate

Judges 13:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:3, 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 Judg.13.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.3.W8.S1) and character.