Jeremiah 13:21:10Jer.13.21.W10TAB

הֲל֤וֹא

halo

will not

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

Meaning by language

English
will not

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Result
הֲ + ל֤וֹא
ha + lo
halo

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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 kha-va-LIM

  3. clause

    ha-LO kha-va-LIM yo-khe-ZU-kh ke-MO E-shet le-DA

  4. sentence

    ma-to-ME-ri ki-yif-KOD a-LA-yikh ve-AT lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh a-lu-FIM le-ROSH ha-LO kha-va-LIM yo-khe-ZU-kh ke-MO E-shet le-DA

Exegesis

The particle halo’ {הֲל֤וֹא | ha-lōʾ} ‘is it not’ marks the shift to the comparative clause.

In contextJeremiah 13:21

What will you say when He visits you after you have trained them as close allies to be head over you? Will not birth pangs seize you like a woman in labor?

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word הֲל֤וֹא (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 Jer.13.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.21.W10.S1) and character.