Leviticus 26:44:6Lev.26.44.W6TAB
וְלֹֽא־גְעַלְתִּים֙
vehlohgehalteem
“nor abhor them”
- Transliteration
- veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM
- Extended
- veh-loh-geh-ahl-TEEM
- IPA
- /və.loː.ɣə.ʕalˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- nor abhor them
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM
- phraseyour reading level
loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM
- clause
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM
- sentence
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM KI a-NI Yeh-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-hem
Exegesis
The parallel negatives lo-meastim and velo-gealtim {לֹֽא־מְאַסְתִּים֤ וְלֹֽא־גְעַלְתִּים֙ | lō mᵊ-ʾāś-tîm wə-lō ɡə-ʿal-tîm} form a chiastic structure highlighting divine restraint.
In context — Leviticus 26:44
And yet when they are in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I abhorred them so as to destroy them utterly or to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 26:44, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־גְעַלְתִּים֙ (vehlohgehalteem) 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.26.44.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.44.W6.S1) and character.