וְלֹ֤א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֤א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֤א תֵֽלְכוּ֙

   ve-LO te-le-KHOO

   and not walk
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֤א תֵֽלְכוּ֙ בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת הַגּ֔וֹי אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם

   ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM

   and not walk in the statutes of the nation that I drive out from before you
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹ֤א תֵֽלְכוּ֙ בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת הַגּ֔וֹי אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֤י אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ עָשׂ֔וּ וָאָקֻ֖ץ בָּֽם׃

   ve-LO te-le-KHOO be-khuk-KOT ha-GOI ah-sher-ah-NEE me-shal-LE-akh mip-ne-KHEM KI et-kol-EH-leh a-SU va-a-KUTS BAM

   and not walk in the statutes of the nation that I drive out from before you for did all of these detested in them

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prefixed conjunction velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not,’ signaling a prohibition centered on the imperfect verb telekhu {תֵֽלְכוּ | tĕlĕḵû} ‘you shall walk’ and its object bechukot {בְּחֻקֹּת | bə-ḥuqqōṯ} ‘statutes.’