Psalm 18:36:4Ps.18.36.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:37

וְלֹ֣א

velo

and not

Transliteration
ve-LO
Extended
veh-LOH
IPA
/vəˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
and not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֣א
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LO

  2. clause

    ve-LO ma-a-DU kar-su-LAI

  3. sentence

    tar-KHIV tsa-a-dee takh-TE-na-dee ve-LO ma-a-DU kar-su-LAI

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase tahtai {תַּחְתָּי | taḥ-tāy} ‘under me’ establishes location, and the conjunction velo {וְלֹא | wə-lō} introduces the result clause.

In contextPsalm 18:36

You make my steps wide beneath me, and my ankles did not slip.

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:36, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א (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 Ps.18.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.36.W4.S1) and character.