1 Kings 15:7:61 Kgs.15.7.W6TAB
הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăˈloː.ˈheːm/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LO-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA BEN a-vi-YAM u-VEN ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
The interrogative halohem {הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם | hə-lōʾ-hēm} ‘are they not’ frames a rhetorical question presuming an authoritative record.
In context — 1 Kings 15:7
As for the remaining words of Abijam and everything he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? War also took place between Abijam and Jeroboam.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:7, so the Hebrew word הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם (halohem) 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.15.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.7.W6.S1) and character.