2 Kings 18:22:62 Kgs.18.22.W6TAB
הֲלוֹא־ה֗וּא
halohu
“is it not he”
- Transliteration
- ha-lo-HU
- Extended
- hah-loh-HOO
- IPA
- /hăloːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it not he
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-lo-HU
- clause
ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The interrogative halo hu {הֲלוֹא־ה֗וּא | hǎlōʾ-hûʾ} ‘is he not’ initiates the apodosis, leading into the relative clause asher hesir chizqiyahu et-bamotav ve-et-mizbechotav {אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵסִ֤יר חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בָּמֹתָ֣יו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יו | ʾăšer hēsîr ḥizqîyāhû ʾet-bāmōṯāw wə-ʾet-mizbəḥōṯāw} ‘who removed Hezekiah the high places and the altars of his’.
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word הֲלוֹא־ה֗וּא (halohu) 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.18.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W6.S1) and character.