2 Chronicles 12:15:52 Chr.12.15.W5TAB
הֲלֹא־הֵ֨ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăˈloːˈheːm/
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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Word in context
- word
ha-LO-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM
- clause
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES
- sentence
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am ve-ya-ra-VA-am KAL-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The interrogative halohem kə-tūvîm {הֲלֹא־הֵם כְּתוּבִים | ha-lō’ hēm kə-tū-vîm} ‘are they not written’ functions as a rhetorical question emphasizing authoritative documentation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:15
And the words of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout their days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 12:15, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא־הֵ֨ם (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 2 Chr.12.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.15.W5.S1) and character.