Judges 19:10:1Judg.19.10.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֤ה
veloava
“and not he was willing”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-a-VA
- Extended
- veh-LOH-ah-VAA
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.ʔaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he was willing
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-a-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-VA ha-ISH
- clause
ve-LO-a-VA ha-ISH la-LUN va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-VO ad-NO-khakh ye-VUS hi ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ve-LO-a-VA ha-ISH la-LUN va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-VO ad-NO-khakh ye-VUS hi ye-ru-sha-LIM ve-i-MO TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM u-fi-lag-SHO i-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with veloavah {וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֤ה | wə-lōʾ ʾāḇāh} ‘and was not willing’, combining vav conjunction, negative particle loʾ, and qal perfect.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ה
“to be willing; consent”
In context — Judges 19:10
But the man would not stay overnight, so he rose and departed, and he came to the opposite of Jebus, which is Jerusalem. And with him were a pair of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:10, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֤ה (veloava) 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.19.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.10.W1.S1) and character.