1 Samuel 19:11:141 Sam.19.11.W14TAB
אִם־אֵ֨ינְךָ֜
imenkha
“if you are not”
- Transliteration
- im-EN-kha
- Extended
- ihm-EEN-khah
- IPA
- /ʔimˈʔeːn.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you are not
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-EN-kha
- clause
va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
Exegesis
The conditional clause employs ʾênkā {אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ | ʾênkā} ‘you are not’ plus the Piel imperfect memallēṭ {מְמַלֵּ֤ט | memallēṭ} ‘escape’ and object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} before nap̄šĕkkā {נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nap̄šĕkkā} ‘your life’.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word אִם־אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ (imenkha) 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 Sam.19.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W14.S1) and character.