Judges 20:13:11Judg.20.13.W11TAB
וְלֹ֤א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /wəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-VU
- clause
ve-LO a-VU ve-NE bin-ya-MIN lish-mo-A be-KOL a-khe-HEM be-NE-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-NU et-ha-a-na-SHIM be-NE-vli-YA-al a-SHER bag-giv-A u-ne-mi-TEM u-ne-va-a-RA ra-A mi-yis-ra-EL ve-LO a-VU ve-NE bin-ya-MIN lish-mo-A be-KOL a-khe-HEM be-NE-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The adversative wə-lō {וְלֹא | wə-lō} ‘but not’ introduces the counter-clause, where the perfect verb āḇû {אָבוּ | āḇû} ‘they were willing’ marks volition.
In context — Judges 20:13
And now, give the men, sons of worthlessness, who are in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and purge evil from Israel. But the sons of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:13, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֤א (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.20.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.13.W11.S1) and character.