2 Samuel 19:22:152 Sam.19.22.W15TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:23
הֲלֹ֣וא
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO ya-da-TI
- clause
ha-YOM yu-MAT ISH be-yis-ra-EL KI ha-LO ya-da-TI KI ha-YOM a-NI-me-LEKH al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ma-LI ve-la-KHEM be-NE tse-ru-YA ki-ti-he-YU-LI ha-YOM le-sa-TAN ha-YOM yu-MAT ISH be-yis-ra-EL KI ha-LO ya-da-TI KI ha-YOM a-NI-me-LEKH al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The double conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} first signals reason and then introduces the self-affirmation ki-hălō’ yādatî {כִּי־הֲלוֹא יָדַעְתִּי | kî-hă-lō’ yā-ḏa-tî} ‘for do I not know,’ which asserts royal authority.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:22
And David said, “What is it to me and to you, sons of Zeruiah , that you should become for me an adversary today? Shall any man in Israel be put to death today? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 19:22, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֣וא (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.19.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.22.W15.S1) and character.