Psalm 18:41:3Ps.18.41.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:42
וְלֹ֣א עָנָֽם׃
velo anam
“but he did not answer them”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO a-NAM
- Extended
- veh-LOH aa-NAM
- IPA
- /vəˈloː ʕaˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but he did not answer them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO a-NAM
- sentence
yish-U-u ve-EIN-mo-SHI-a al-ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-NAM
Exegesis
The final clause employs Qal perfect ʿānam {עָנָם | ʿā-nām} ‘He answered them’ preceded by ve-lōʾ {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’, contrasting ongoing human cries with completed divine silence. The parallelism and the shift from imperfect to perfect aspect heighten the tension between desperation and unresponsiveness.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–nun–he
“to answer, respond”
In context — Psalm 18:41
They cried out, but there was no savior ; unto the LORD they cried, but He did not answer them.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:41, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֣א עָנָֽם׃ (velo anam) 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.18.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.41.W3.S1) and character.