1 Kings 16:20:71 Kgs.16.20.W7TAB
הֲלֹֽא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăloːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are they not
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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 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
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE zim-RI ve-kish-RO a-SHER ka-SHAR ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The interrogative halohem {הֲלֹא־הֵם | ha-lōʾ-hēm} ‘are they not’ directs readers to external sources, followed by the passive participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | ke-tû-ḇîm} ‘written.’
In context — 1 Kings 16:20
The other matters concerning Zimri—his deeds and the conspiracy he carried out—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:20, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹֽא־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.16.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.20.W7.S1) and character.