1 Samuel 15:17:31 Sam.15.17.W3TAB
הֲל֗וֹא
halo
“is it not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /hăˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LO
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL ha-LO im-ka-TON a-TA be-e-NE-kha ROSH shiv-TE yis-ra-EL A-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL ha-LO im-ka-TON a-TA be-e-NE-kha ROSH shiv-TE yis-ra-EL A-ta va-yim-sha-KHA-kha ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The interrogative particle halo {הֲל֗וֹא | ha-lō} introduces a rhetorical question that intensifies the following assertion.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, “Is it not true that, though you are small in your own eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word הֲל֗וֹא (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 Sam.15.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.17.W3.S1) and character.