Numbers 16:15:13Num.16.15.W13TAB
וְלֹא
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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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Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-ye-ho-VAH al-TE-fen el-min-kha-TAM LO kha-MOR e-KHAD me-HEM na-sa-TI ve-LO ha-re-o-TI et-a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
Moses’s defense employs a legal-moral parallelism with two negated clauses—lo nasati {לֹ֠א נָשָׂ֔אתִי | lō nā-sā-ʾtî} “I have not taken” and velo hereti {וְלֹ֥א הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי | wə-lō ḥă-rê-ʿō-tî} “and not I have wronged”—each with an accusative object (chamor echad mehem1; et-echad mehem2) emphasizing his innocence. The structure foregrounds the divine audience before personal exoneration, underscoring Moses’s appeal to YHWH’s justice.
In context — Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD , “Do not turn toward their offering . I have not taken even one donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 16:15, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא (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 Num.16.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.15.W13.S1) and character.