1 Kings 20:18:21 Kgs.20.18.W2TAB
אִם־לְשָׁל֥וֹם
imleshalom
“if for peace”
- Transliteration
- im-le-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ihm-leh-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔim.ləʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- if for peace
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-le-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
im-le-sha-LOM ya-TSU
- clause
va-YO-mer im-le-sha-LOM ya-TSU tif-SUM kha-YIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer im-le-sha-LOM ya-TSU tif-SUM kha-YIM ve-IM le-mil-kha-MA ya-TSU kha-YIM tif-SUM
Exegesis
It presents a protasis introduced by im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, specifying motives with the prepositional complements le-shalom {לְשָׁלוֹם | lə-šālôm} ‘for peace’ and le-milchamah {לְמִלְחָמָה | lə-milḥāmāh} ‘for war’.
Root and etymology
Rootš-l-m
“completeness, peace”
In context — 1 Kings 20:18
And he said, “If they have come out for peace , seize them alive ; but if they have come out for war, seize them alive.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:18, so the Hebrew word אִם־לְשָׁל֥וֹם (imleshalom) 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.20.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.18.W2.S1) and character.