Deuteronomy 5:20:1Deut.5.20.W1PAT

וְלֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה

velohtaaneh

not answer

Transliteration
ve-loh-ta-a-NEH
Extended
veh-loh-tah-ah-NEH
IPA
/vəloː.ta.ʕaˈne/

Meaning by language

English
not answer
French
ne pas répondre
Spanish
no responder
Portuguese
não responder
German
nicht antworten
Russian
не отвечать
Arabic-Simplified
عدم الجواب
Hindi
उत्तर न देना
Chinese-Simplified
不回答
Korean
대답하지 않다
Indonesian
tidak menjawab
Bengali
উত্তর না দেওয়া
Tagalog
huwag sumagot
Swahili
kutojibu
Amharic
አትመልስ
Yoruba
má dáhùn
Igbo
ịghara ịza
Twi
nnbua
Ewe
meɖo nu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לֹֽא + תַ + עֲ + נֶ֥ה
ve + loh + ta + a + neh
velohtaaneh

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
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-loh-ta-a-NEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-loh-ta-a-NEH be-reh-a-KHA

  3. sentence

    ve-loh-ta-a-NEH be-reh-a-KHA ED SHAW

In contextDeuteronomy 5:20

not answer false witness against your neighbor

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 5:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 5:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה (velohtaaneh) 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.5.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.20.W1.S1) and character.