Judges 16:9:17Judg.16.9.W17TAB

וְלֹ֥א

velo

and not

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

Meaning by language

English
and not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֥א
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 no-DA

  3. clause

    va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO

Exegesis

Finally velo noda’ {וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע | wə-lō nō-ḏāʿ} ‘and was not known’ with kocho {כֹּחֽוֹ | kō-ḥô} ‘his strength’ underscores that his power remained undisclosed.

In contextJudges 16:9

Now men lying in wait were staying for her in the chamber, and she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he snapped the cords as a thread of tow snaps when it comes near fire, and his strength was not known.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 16:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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.16.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.9.W17.S1) and character.