Leviticus 19:27:5Lev.19.27.W5TAB

וְלֹ֣א

velo

nor

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

Meaning by language

English
nor

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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 tash-KHEET

  3. clause

    ve-LO tash-KHEET ET pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha

  4. sentence

    LO tak-KI-fu pe-AT rosh-KHEM ve-LO tash-KHEET ET pe-AT ze-ka-NE-kha

Exegesis

The verse opens with lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’, introducing two parallel prohibitions joined by ve-lo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’.

In contextLeviticus 19:27

You shall not round the corners of your head, and you shall not destroy the corners of your beard.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:27, 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.19.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.27.W5.S1) and character.