1 Samuel 20:37:161 Sam.20.37.W16TAB

וָהָ֖לְאָה׃

vahalea

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Transliteration
va-ha-le-A
Extended
vaa-haa-leh-AA
IPA
/vaːhaːlˈʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
וָ + הָ֖ + לְ + אָה׃
va + ha + le + a
vahalea

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ha-le-A

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.