1 Kings 20:23:151 Kgs.20.23.W15TAB
אִם־לֹ֥א
imlo
“surely”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
im-LO
- phraseyour reading level
im-LO ne-khe-ZAK
- clause
ve-u-LAM nil-la-KHEM it-TAM bam-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-ve-DE ME-lekh-a-RAM am-RU e-LAV e-lo-HE ha-RIM e-lo-HE-hem al-KEN khaz-KU mim-ME-nu ve-u-LAM nil-la-KHEM it-TAM bam-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
Exegesis
The negative conditional im-lo nekhazak mehem {אִם־לֹא נֶחֱזַק מֵהֶם | ʾim-lō neḥ-ḥa-zaq mē-hem} ‘if not, we will be stronger than they’ conveys assured victory contingent on venue. Hebrew aspect and particles are rendered through tense and conjunction choices to reflect sequence and emphatic confidence.
In context — 1 Kings 20:23
And the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight with them in the plain , and surely we will be stronger than they.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 20:23, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֥א (imlo) 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.20.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.23.W15.S1) and character.