Leviticus 18:30:10Lev.18.30.W10TAB

וְלֹ֥א

velo

not

Transliteration
ve-LO
Extended
veh-LOH
IPA
/və.ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֥א
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 tit-tahm-me-OO

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextLeviticus 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.