2 Samuel 15:35:12 Sam.15.35.W1TAB
וַהֲל֤וֹא
vahalo
“and is it not”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-lo
- Extended
- vah-hah-LOH
- IPA
- /va.hăˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and is it not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ha-lo
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-lo im-me-KHA
- clause
va-ha-lo im-me-KHA SHAM tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
va-ha-lo im-me-KHA SHAM tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-YA kol-ha-da-VAR a-SHER tish-me-A mi-BET ha-ME-lekh tag-GID le-tsa-DOK u-le-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a rhetorical question introduced by vahalo {וַהֲל֤וֹא | va-hă-lōʾ} ‘and is it not’, establishing emphasis and expectation.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:35
And are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? And it shall be that every matter that you hear from the king’s house , you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:35, so the Hebrew word וַהֲל֤וֹא (vahalo) 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 Sam.15.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.35.W1.S1) and character.