וְלֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֣א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   ve-LO a-le-HEM

   and not upon them
3. clause🔊 וְאִם־מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת מִצְרַ֧יִם לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה וְלֹ֥א בָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM

   and if {the} family of Egypt does not go up and not comes and not upon them
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם־מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת מִצְרַ֧יִם לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה וְלֹ֥א בָאָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִגֹּ֤ף יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יַֽעֲל֔וּ לָחֹ֖ג אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃

   ve-im-mish-pa-KHAT mits-ra-YIM lo-ta-a-LE ve-LO va-A ve-LO a-le-HEM ti-HE-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-ha-go-YIM a-SHER LO ya-a-LU la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-suk-KOT

   and if {the} family of Egypt does not go up and not comes and not upon them there will be the plague which he will strike the LORD {direct object} the nations which not they will go up to keep a festival {direct object} the feast of the booths

Exegesis

In the conditional clause, the verbs lo-ta‘aleh {לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֛ה | lā-ta‘ă-lēh} ‘does not go up’ and vaah {בָאָ֖ה | vā-’āh} ‘comes’ combine with velo {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lō} ‘and does not’ to express refusal.

The additional negation velo aleihem tihyeh {וְלֹ֣א עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה | wə-lō ʿă-lê-hēm ti-hî-yêh} is rendered by withholding rain, intensifying judgment.