1 Kings 15:23:91 Kgs.15.23.W9TAB
הֲלֹֽא־הֵ֣מָּה
halohema
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-he-MA
- Extended
- hah-LOH-heh-MAA
- IPA
- /hăloː.ˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are they not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LO-he-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM
- clause
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA RAK le-ET zik-na-TO kha-LA et-rag-LAV
Exegesis
A negative interrogative halo hemmah ketuvim {הֲלֹֽא־הֵ֣מָּה כְתוּבִים | hă-lōʾ he-mmāh kə-ṭû-wîm} ‘are they not recorded’ frames a rhetorical question affirming official documentation.
In context — 1 Kings 15:23
The remaining acts of Asa—his might, what he did, and the cities he built—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Yet in his old age , he became diseased in his feet.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 15:23, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹֽא־הֵ֣מָּה (halohema) 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 Kgs.15.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.23.W9.S1) and character.