Judges 19:30:5Judg.19.30.W5TAB
וְלֹֽא־נִרְאֲתָה֙
velonirata
“and not has it been seen”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-nir-a-TA
- Extended
- veh-loh-nihr-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /vəloː.nirʔăˈθaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not has it been seen
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-nir-a-TA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA
- clause
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE si-MU-la-KHEM a-le-HA u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
Exegesis
The paired negatives lo-nihyetah {לֹא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה | lō-nîh-ye-ṯāh} and ve-lo-nir’atah {וְלֹא־נִרְאֲתָה֙ | wə-lō-nir-’ă-ṯāh} form an emphatic double negation expressing that the event is unprecedented.
In context — Judges 19:30
And it came to pass that everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt until this day. Give careful counsel , and speak out.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:30, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־נִרְאֲתָה֙ (velonirata) 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.19.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.30.W5.S1) and character.