Leviticus 19:15:6Lev.19.15.W6TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“nor”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- nor
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 teh-DAR
- clause
lo-ta-ah-SOO A-vel ba-mish-PAT lo-tis-SA fe-NEI-DAL ve-LO teh-DAR pe-NEI ga-DOL
- sentence
lo-ta-ah-SOO A-vel ba-mish-PAT lo-tis-SA fe-NEI-DAL ve-LO teh-DAR pe-NEI ga-DOL be-TSE-dek tish-POT a-mi-TE-kha
Exegesis
A third prohibition appears in ve-lo-tehdar {וְלֹ֥א תֶהְדַּר | wə-lō-tehdār} ‘and you shall not honor’, contrasting the Hifil aspect.
In context — Leviticus 19:15
You shall not do injustice in the judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor honor the face of the great, but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 19:15, 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.19.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.15.W6.S1) and character.