Nehemiah 13:18:1Neh.13.18.W1TAB
הֲל֨וֹא
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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 KO a-SU
- clause
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא | hə·lōʾ} ‘is it not’ and the demonstrative adverb koh {כֹּה | kō(h)} ‘thus’, framing a rhetorical question.
In context — Nehemiah 13:18
Is it not thus that your fathers acted, and our God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Yet you are adding wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word הֲל֨וֹא (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 Neh.13.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W1.S1) and character.