Exodus 14:12:1Exod.14.12.W1TAB
הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה
halozeh
“is this not”
- Transliteration
- ha-lo-ZEH
- Extended
- hah-loh-ZEH
- IPA
- /hă.loˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- is this not
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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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-lo-ZEH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-lo-ZEH ha-da-VAR
- clause
ha-lo-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BAR-noo e-LEY-kha be-mits-RA-yim le-MOR kha-DAL mi-MEN-noo ve-na-av-DA et-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ha-lo-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BAR-noo e-LEY-kha be-mits-RA-yim le-MOR kha-DAL mi-MEN-noo ve-na-av-DA et-mits-RA-yim KI TOV la-NU a-VOD et-mits-RA-yim mi-moo-TE-noo ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative-negation particle halo {הֲלֹא | hă-lōʾ} combined with the demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh}, forming an emphatic rhetorical question.
In context — Exodus 14:12
Is this not the very word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying “Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians”? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:12, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה (halozeh) 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 Exod.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.12.W1.S1) and character.