2 Kings 13:12:122 Kgs.13.12.W12TAB
הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEHM
- IPA
- /hăˈloː.heːm/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The clause halo-hem {הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם | hă-lôʾ-hēm} forms a rhetorical question expecting an affirmative answer, thereby asserting the reliability and availability of the information.
In context — 2 Kings 13:12
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word הֲלֽוֹא־הֵ֣ם (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 Kgs.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.12.W12.S1) and character.