Ezekiel 18:29:13Ezek.18.29.W13TAB

הֲלֹ֥א

halo

is it not

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

Meaning by language

English
is it not

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ha-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM

  3. clause

    had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN

  4. sentence

    ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN

Exegesis

A parallel rhetorical question halō darkheikhem lo yittakhen {הֲלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם לֹא יִתָּכֵן | ha-lōʾ dar-khe-khem lōʾ yit-tā-khēn} contrasts divine and human conduct, reinforcing the challenge to Israel’s sense of fairness.

In contextEzekiel 18:29

And the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Are My ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 18:29, 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.18.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.29.W13.S1) and character.