Deuteronomy 23:5:1Deut.23.5.W1PATWLC Deuteronomy 23:6

וְלֹא־אָבָה֙

vehloh ava

was unwilling

Transliteration
veh-loh a-VA
Extended
veh-loh a-VAA
IPA
/vəloː.ʔaˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
was unwilling
French
n’a pas voulu
Spanish
no quiso
Portuguese
não quis
German
wollte nicht
Russian
не захотел
Arabic-Simplified
لم يشأ
Hindi
नहीं चाहा
Chinese-Simplified
不肯
Korean
원하지 않았다
Indonesian
tidak mau
Bengali
চায়নি
Tagalog
ayaw
Swahili
hakutaka
Amharic
አልፈለገም
Yoruba
kò fẹ́
Igbo
achọghị
Twi
wampɛ
Ewe
megbe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְלֹא + אָ + בָה֙
veh + loh a + va
vehloh ava

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    veh-loh a-VA

  2. sentence

    veh-loh a-VA yeh-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha lish-MO-a el-bil-AM va-ya-ha-FOKH yeh-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha le-KHA et-hak-ke-la-LAH liv-ra-KHA KI a-HEHV-kha yeh-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 23:5

was unwilling LORD your God to listen to Balaam turned LORD your God for you the curse into a blessing because loved you LORD your God

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:5, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־אָבָה֙ (vehloh ava) 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 Deut.23.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.5.W1.S1) and character.