2 Kings 14:28:142 Kgs.14.28.W14TAB
הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăloːˈheːm/
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
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ya-rav-AM ve-khol-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO a-sher-nil-KHAM va-a-SHER he-SHIV et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT li-ye-hu-DA be-yis-ra-EL ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The concluding interrogative halo hem ketuvim {הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים | ha-lō hēm kə-tu-vîm} ‘are they not recorded’ functions as the standard rhetorical closure in royal annals.
In context — 2 Kings 14:28
And the remainder of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valor , how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath for Israel—territories once belonging to Judah—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 14:28, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא־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.14.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.28.W14.S1) and character.