Leviticus 16:2:16Lev.16.2.W16TAB

וְלֹ֣א

velo

{And} not

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

Meaning by language

English
{And} not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֣א
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 ya-MUT

  3. clause

    el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret

In contextLeviticus 16:2

And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain, before the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the atonement cover.”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 16:2, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א (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 Lev.16.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.2.W16.S1) and character.