וְלֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֣א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

   ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe

   and not holds back
3. clause🔊 וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

   ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe

   but a righteous one gives and not holds back
4. sentence🔊 כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

   kol-ha-YOM hi-te-a-VA ta-a-VA ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe

   all the day craves a craving but a righteous one gives and not holds back

Exegesis

The imperfect yitten {יִתֵּן | yittên} “he gives” denotes habitual giving, while ve-lo yachsoch {וְלֹא יַחְשֹׂךְ | wə-lōʾ yaḥ-sôḵ} “and does not withhold” completes the chiastic parallelism and preserves the adversative contrast in English through a but-clause.