2 Chronicles 18:17:42 Chr.18.17.W4TAB
הֲלֹא֙
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LO
- clause
ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
Exegesis
The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא֙ | hălōʼ} introduces a rhetorical question, followed by amarti {אָמַ֣רְתִּי | ʼāmartī} ‘I said’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but only evil ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא֙ (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 2 Chr.18.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.17.W4.S1) and character.