Ezekiel 18:25:12Ezek.18.25.W12TAB

הֲלֹ֥א

halo

is it not?

Transliteration
ha-LO
Extended
hah-LOH
IPA
/hăˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
is it not?

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Result
הֲ + לֹ֥א
ha + lo
halo

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM

  3. clause

    shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu

  4. sentence

    va-a-MAR-tem LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI shim-E-u-NA BET yis-re-EL ha-dar-KHI LO yit-ta-KHEN ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHE-nu

Exegesis

and ha-lō dar-ḵê-ḵem lo yitakhen {הֲלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם לֹא יִתָּכֵנוּ | ha-lōʾ dar-ḵê-ḵem lōʾ yit-tā-ḵē-nu} ‘Is it not your ways that are not established?’—use repetition of yitakhen to underscore the contrast between divine and human justice.

In contextEzekiel 18:25

Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Hear now, house of Israel: Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 18:25, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֥א (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 Ezek.18.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.25.W12.S1) and character.