1 Kings 20:25:141 Kgs.20.25.W14TAB
אִם־לֹ֥א
imlo
“surely”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔim-loː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
im-LO
- phraseyour reading level
im-LO ne-khe-ZAK
- clause
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN
Exegesis
The conditional imlo {אִם־לֹא | ʾim-lō} ‘if not/otherwise’ introduces positive assurance that nechezak {נֶחֱזַק | nə-ḥe-zăq} ‘we will be strong’ compared to them.
In context — 1 Kings 20:25
And you, count for yourself an army like the army that fell from you, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they are. And he listened to their voice and did so.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:25:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 20:25, 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.20.25.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.25.W14.S1) and character.