Zechariah 13:4:9Zech.13.4.W9TAB

וְלֹ֧א

velo

and not

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

Meaning by language

English
and not

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Result
וְ + לֹ֧א
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

    ve-LO yil-be-SHU

  3. clause

    ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-VO-shu han-ne-vi-IM ISH me-khez-YO-no be-hin-na-ve-O-to ve-LO yil-be-SHU ad-DE-ret se-AR le-MA-an ka-KHESH

Exegesis

The negative velo yilbeshu {וְלֹ֧א יִלְבְּשׁ֛וּ | wə-lō yilbəšû} ‘and not they will wear’ marks the prohibition of adderet sear {אַדֶּרֶת שֵׂעָ֖ר | adderet se·ʿar} ‘cloak of hair’, with lemaan kachesh {לְמַ֥עַן כַּחֵֽשׁ | le·maʿan ka·ḥēš} ‘in order to deception’ denoting the illicit motive.

In contextZechariah 13:4

And it shall come to pass on that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of their vision when they prophesy, and they will not wear a cloak of hair for deception.

About this coordinate

Zechariah 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Zechariah 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֧א (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 Zech.13.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.4.W9.S1) and character.