2 Kings 15:21:62 Kgs.15.21.W6TAB
הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם
halohem
“are they not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-heM
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăloː.ˈheːm/
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-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-KHEM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The interrogative halo hem ketuvim {הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים | hâ-lōʾ hēm kə-tû-wîm} “are they not written” introduces a rhetorical question.
In context — 2 Kings 15:21
And the rest of the words of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:21, so the Hebrew word הֲלוֹא־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.15.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.21.W6.S1) and character.