Numbers 22:30:4Num.22.30.W4TAB
הֲלוֹא֩
halo
“is it not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /haˈloː/
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 a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA
- clause
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא֩ | hă·lōʾ} ‘is it not’ forms a rhetorical question, foregrounded by anokhi {אָנֹכִ֨י | ʾā·nō·ḵî} ‘I’ and atonkha {אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜ | ʾă·ṯōn·ḵā} ‘your donkey’.
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word הֲלוֹא֩ (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.22.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W4.S1) and character.