Numbers 14:3:13Num.14.3.W13TAB
הֲל֧וֹא
halo
“is it not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /haˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it 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 | |
| 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 TOV la-NU
- clause
ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The verse closes with the rhetorical question halo tov lanu shuv mitsraymah {הֲל֧וֹא טוֹב לָנוּ שׁוּב מִצְרָיְמָה | ha-lōʾ ṭôv lā-nû šûḇ miṣ-rā-ya-mah} “is it not good for us to return to Egypt?” using the infinitive šûḇ to express volition. The sequence of clauses, maqqef linkage, and rhetorical question highlight Israel’s doubt and desire amid divine guidance.
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word הֲל֧וֹא (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 Num.14.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W13.S1) and character.