Proverbs 22:20:1Prov.22.20.W1TAB
הֲלֹ֤א
halo
“is it not”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO
- Extended
- hah-LOH
- IPA
- /hă.ˈloː/
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 | |
| 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 ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM
- sentence
ha-LO ka-TA-VE-ti LE-kha shil-SHOM sha-li-SHIM be-mo-e-TSOT va-DA-at
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative-negative particle halo {הֲלֹא | hă-lōʼ} ‘is it not’, forming a rhetorical question.
In context — Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written to you thirty sayings in counsels and knowledge?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 22:20, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹ֤א (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 Prov.22.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.20.W1.S1) and character.