Leviticus 18:30:10Lev.18.30.W10TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /və.ˈloː/
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 tit-tahm-me-OO
- clause
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM
- sentence
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The coordinate negative wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû {וְלֹ֥א תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ | wə-lōʾ tiṭṭammēʾû} prohibits ritual impurity by bâhēm {בָּהֶ֑ם | bâhēm}.
In context — Leviticus 18:30
And you shall keep my charge so as not to do any of the statutes of the abominations that were done before you, and you shall not become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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.18.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W10.S1) and character.