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

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Result
וְ + לֹ֥א
ve + lo
velo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu

  3. clause

    ve-ET-KAD-shei be-NEI-YIS-ra-el LO te-khal-LE-lu ve-LO ta-MU-tu

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.