1 Kings 16:5:71 Kgs.16.5.W7TAB
הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăloːˈheːm/
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 Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
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 ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO 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־הֵ֣ם | hà-lō-hēm} ‘are they not’ frames a rhetorical question.
In context — 1 Kings 16:5
As for the remaining events of Baasha’s reign—what he did and the might he displayed—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא־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.16.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.5.W7.S1) and character.