1 Chronicles 19:3:121 Chr.19.3.W12TAB

הֲלֹ֡א

halo

is it not

Transliteration
ha-LO
Extended
hah-LOH
IPA
/hăˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
is it not

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Result
הֲ + לֹ֡א
ha + lo
halo

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
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

    ha-LO

  2. clause

    ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha

  3. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha

Exegesis

The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא֙ | hălō’} heightens suspicion.

In context1 Chronicles 19:3

And the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David truly honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not rather for the purpose of searching, overthrowing, and spying out the land that his servants have come to you?”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֡א (halo) 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 1 Chr.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.3.W12.S1) and character.