Zechariah 14:17:12Zech.14.17.W12TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“and not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-LE-hem
- clause
ve-LO a-LE-hem yih-HE ha-GA-shem
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-LO a-LE-hem yih-HE ha-GA-shem
Exegesis
The adversative ve-lo {וְלֹ֥א | və-lōʾ} ‘and not’ introduces the apodosis, and yihyeh ha-geshem {יִהְיֶ֥ה הַגָּֽשֶׁם | yih-yēh ha-gā-šɛm} ‘there will be no rain’ marks the withholding of blessing. This condition illustrates a covenantal principle: failure to honor the king and divine presence through pilgrimage results in drought.
In context — Zechariah 14:17
And it will be that whoever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts , there will be no rain upon them.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Zechariah 14:17, 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 Zech.14.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.17.W12.S1) and character.