Numbers 18:32:11Num.18.32.W11TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəloː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- clause
ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- 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 18:32:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 18:32, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (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.18.32.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.32.W11.S1) and character.