Leviticus 18:26:5Lev.18.26.W5TAB
וְלֹ֣א
velo
“not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈlo/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ta-a-SU
- clause
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh
- sentence
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM
Exegesis
The prohibition clause ve-lo taʿasu {וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ | wə-lōʾ taʿăśū} governs mikol ha-toʾevot ha-eleh {מִכֹּל הַתּוֹעֵבֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה | mi-kkōl hat-ṯōʿēḇōṯ hā-ʾēlleh}, highlighting the comprehensive ban on abominations.
In context — Leviticus 18:26
But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and none of you shall do any of these abominations , neither the native nor the sojourner who dwells among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:26, 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.18.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.26.W5.S1) and character.