clause) for special emphasis: 2 S 7:7 Jb 34:31 הֶאָמַר כִּי אֶל־אֵל for to God did one ever say …? Ne 13:27 ; Je 22:15 ( הֲלֹא ), cf. 23:2 6. c. it is used in questions which, by seeming to make doubtful what cannot be denied, have the force of an impassioned or indignant affirmation: Gn 27:36 (‘dubitantis speciem prae se fert Esavus, ut eo acerbius affirmet,’ Maurer, cited by Ges ), 1 S 2:27 הֲנִגְלֹה נִגְלֵיתִי וג׳ Did I reveal myself to the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt? etc. (i.e. of course I did, although thy sons, by their actions, appear to belie it), 1 K 16:31 (expressing astonishment), 21:19 הֲרָצַחְתָּ וְגַם־יָרָ˜שְׁתָּ Hast thou slain, and also taken possession? Je 31:20 Jb 20: 4; 41:1 ( cf. H i); also Gn 16:13 , and the phrases הַרְּאִיתֶם do ye see? 1 S 10:24 2 K 6:3 2; הֲרָאִיתָ does thou see? 1 K 20:13 Ez 8:1 2, 15 , 17 ; 9:8 ; 20:4 ; 22:2 . d. in disjunctive question, the first being introduced usually by הֲ , the second by אִם or (more rarely) וְאִם : see exx. under אִם 2 (p. 50). The disjunctive question may express a real alternative (as Jos 5:13 ), or (as especially in poetry) the same thought may be repeated in a different form, in two parallel clauses (e.g. Is 10:15 ): in the latter case, the answer No is usually expected ( v. p. 50). Only very rarely is the second question introduced by הֲ Ju 14:15 (where, however, הֲלֹם ought no doubt to be read, with MSS., å Be al. , for הֲלֹא ), or אֹו Ju 18:19 Jb 16: 3; 38:28 , 31 .
5. In indirect interrogation, whether (Germ. ob …?)— a. singly, after verbs of seeing Gn 8:8 לִרְאֹות הֲ to see whether , 18:21 Ex 4:18 Ct 6:1 1, telling Gn 43: 6, trying Dt 13: 4, knowing Ju 3:4 Ec 3:21 (read הַעֹלָה and הֲיֹרֶדֶת : v. De or WR ad loc.) b. disjunctively,—usually אִם … הֲ , Nu 13:18 end, 19 a (and see the land) … הֲטֹובָה הִיא אִם רָעָה whether it be good or bad, v 19 b. 20 (×2); אִם לֹא … הֲ Gn 24:2 1; 27:21 ; 37:32 Ex 16:4 that I may try it (the people) הֲיֵלֵךְ בְּתֹורָתִי אִם לֹא whether it will walk in my law or not, Nu 11:23 Dt 8:2 Ju 2:22 ; הֲ … הֲ Nu 13:18 (by side of אִם … הֲ ); אֹו … הֲ Ec 2:1 9; 11:6 .
It is prefixed to other particles, as
הַאִם
,
הַאַף
,
הֲגַם
,
הֲכִי
,
הֲלֹא
: see
אִם
,
אַף
, etc.
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הַל
S
1973
TWOT
496a
Dt 32:6
הַל יְהֹוָה תִּגְמְלוּ־זֹאת
(so V. d.
H
and other edd.) The reading here became early a subject of dispute, and MSS. and edd. vary accordingly. Some follow the school of Nehardea, and read
הַל יְהֹוָה
;
Hi F. Hitzig. Be E. Bertheau. De Franz Delitzsch. WR C. H. H. Wright. S Strongs Concordance H Code of Holiness.