2 Samuel 16:19:52 Sam.16.19.W5TAB
הֲל֖וֹא
halo
“is it not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /hăˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LO
- clause
ve-ha-she-NIT le-MI a-NI e-e-VOD ha-LO lif-NE ve-NO
- sentence
ve-ha-she-NIT le-MI a-NI e-e-VOD ha-LO lif-NE ve-NO ka-a-SHER a-VAD-te-I lif-NE a-VI-kha KEN e-he-YE le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The negative interrogative halo {הֲל֖וֹא | ha-lōʾ} ‘is it not’ anticipates affirmation and introduces the beneficiary lifnei bə-nôʾ {לִפְנֵ֣י בְנ֑וֹ | li-p̄nê bə-nôʾ} ‘before his son.’
In context — 2 Samuel 16:19
And secondly, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son ? Just as I served before your father, so I will be before you.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 16:19, so the Hebrew word הֲל֖וֹא (halo) 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.16.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.19.W5.S1) and character.