1 Samuel 20:37:161 Sam.20.37.W16TAB
וָהָ֖לְאָה׃
vahalea
“and further”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-le-A
- Extended
- vaa-haa-leh-AA
- IPA
- /vaːhaːlˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ha-le-A
- clause
va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-RE ha-NA-ar va-yo-MER ha-lo-O ha-KHE-tsi mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A
- sentence
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-RE ha-NA-ar va-yo-MER ha-lo-O ha-KHE-tsi mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A
Exegesis
The interrogative halōʾ {הֲלֹא | halōʾ} ‘is it not’ conveys rhetorical force.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:37
And the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, and Jonathan called to the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:37:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 20:37, so the Hebrew word וָהָ֖לְאָה׃ (vahalea) 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.20.37.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.37.W16.S1) and character.