Numbers 23:12:3Num.23.12.W3TAB
הֲלֹ֗א
halo
“Is it not so”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /haˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Is it not so
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 | |
| 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
- clause
ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
- sentence
va-YA-an va-yo-MAR ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
Exegesis
The particle hā-lō’ {הֲלֹ֗א | hā-lōʼ} ‘Is it not?’ introduces a rhetorical question asserting necessity.
In context — Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:12, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֗א (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.23.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.12.W3.S1) and character.