Numbers 18:32:1Num.18.32.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ
velotisu
“and you shall not bear”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-TIS-u
- Extended
- veh-LOH-TIS-oo
- IPA
- /vəloː.tisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall not bear
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-TIS-u
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV
- clause
ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu
- sentence
ve-LO-TIS-u a-LAV KHET ba-ha-RIM-khem et-KHEL-vo mi-ME-nu ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu
Exegesis
The verse presents parallel prohibitions introduced by velo tissa'u {וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ | wə-lō-tis-sʾāʾū} ‘and you shall not bear’ and velo tamutu {וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ | wə-lō-tā-mū-tū} ‘and you shall not die’.
In context — Numbers 18:32
You shall not bear sin when you lift up its best part ; nor shall you profane the holy things of the Israelites, and you shall not die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:32, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ (velotisu) 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.18.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.32.W1.S1) and character.