וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ

   ve-LO-a-VU

   and not they were willing
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙

   ve-LO-a-VU ha-a-na-SHIM

   and not they were willing the men
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ ל֔וֹ וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק הָאִישׁ֙ בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַיֹּצֵ֥א אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַח֑וּץ

   ve-LO-a-VU ha-a-na-SHIM lish-me-MO-a LO va-ya-kha-ZEK ha-ISH be-fi-lag-SHO va-yo-TSE a-LE-hem ha-KHUTS

   and not they were willing the men to listen to him and he seized the man by his concubine and he brought out to them outside
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ ל֔וֹ וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק הָאִישׁ֙ בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַיֹּצֵ֥א אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַח֑וּץ וַיֵּדְע֣וּ א֠וֹתָהּ וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־בָ֤הּ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ בעלות כַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃

   ve-LO-a-VU ha-a-na-SHIM lish-me-MO-a LO va-ya-kha-ZEK ha-ISH be-fi-lag-SHO va-yo-TSE a-LE-hem ha-KHUTS va-ye-de-U o-TAH va-yit-a-le-LU-VAH KAL-ha-LAI-la ad-ha-BO-ker va-ye-sha-le-KHU-ha be-a-LOT ka-a-LOT ha-sha-KHAR

   and not they were willing the men to listen to him and he seized the man by his concubine and he brought out to them outside and they knew her and they abused against her all the night until the morning and they sent her away at the rising of as the rising of the dawn

Exegesis

The verse opens with the negative formula velo {וְלֹֽא | wə-lōʼ} + avo {אָב֤וּ | ā-vû} marking refusal before the indirect object lo {ל֔וֹ | lō} in the infinitive clause lishmo’a {לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ | li-šmə-’ā‘} “to listen.”