1 Kings 20:10:101 Kgs.20.10.W10TAB
אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙
imyispekok
“if will suffice”
- Transliteration
- im-yis-pe-KOK
- Extended
- ihm-yihs-peh-KOHK
- IPA
- /ʔim.jis.pəˈpoq/
Meaning by language
- English
- if will suffice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-yis-pe-KOK
- clause
im-yis-pe-KOK a-FAR shom-re-RON lish-e-a-LIM le-khol-ha-AM a-SHER be-rag-LAI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-yo-MER ko-ya-a-SUN LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SI-fu im-yis-pe-KOK a-FAR shom-re-RON lish-e-a-LIM le-khol-ha-AM a-SHER be-rag-LAI
Exegesis
The protasis is introduced by ʾim-yiš-pôq {אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙ | ʾim-yiš-pôq} ‘if it suffices’, focusing on ʿă-p̄ar {עֲפַר | ʿă-p̄ar} ‘dust’ as a hyperbolic measure of total defeat.
In context — 1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, “Thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for handfuls for all the people who are at my feet.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:10, so the Hebrew word אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙ (imyispekok) 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 1 Kgs.20.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.10.W10.S1) and character.