1 Samuel 20:29:131 Sam.20.29.W13TAB
אִם־מָצָ֤אתִי
immatsati
“if I have found”
- Transliteration
- im-ma-TSA-ti
- Extended
- ihm-maa-TSAA-tee
- IPA
- /ʔim.mɔːˈtsaː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I have found
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
im-ma-TSA-ti
- phraseyour reading level
im-ma-TSA-ti KHEN
- clause
va-YO-mer shal-khe-NI NA KI ZE-vakh mish-pa-KHA LA-nu ba-IR ve-HU tsi-VA-li A-khi ve-a-TA im-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha im-mal-TA NA ve-e-RE et-e-KHAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer shal-khe-NI NA KI ZE-vakh mish-pa-KHA LA-nu ba-IR ve-HU tsi-VA-li A-khi ve-a-TA im-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha im-mal-TA NA ve-e-RE et-e-KHAI al-KEN lo-VA el-shul-KHAN ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The conditional ’im-māṣāṯî ḥên {אִם-מָצָאתִי חֵן | ’im-mā·ṣāṯî ḥên} “if I have found favor” introduces the imperatival response tənāh {תְּנָה | tə·nāh} “grant!”
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tsade–aleph
“to find”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:29
And he said, “Let me go, please, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there; and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 20:29, so the Hebrew word אִם־מָצָ֤אתִי (immatsati) 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.20.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.29.W13.S1) and character.