1 Samuel 20:7:11 Sam.20.7.W1TAB
אִם־כֹּ֥ה
imko
“if thus”
- Transliteration
- im-KO
- Extended
- ihm-KOH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if thus
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-KO
- phraseyour reading level
im-KO yo-MAR
- clause
im-KO yo-MAR TOV sha-LOM
- sentence
im-KO yo-MAR TOV sha-LOM le-av-DE-kha ve-im-kha-RO ye-khe-RE LO DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A me-im-MO
Exegesis
The speaker, shaul {שָׁאוּל | šāʼûl}, establishes two parallel protases with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, first presenting tōv {טוֹב | tōḇ} ‘good’ and then rāʿāh {רָעָה | rāʿāh} ‘bad’ as evaluative predicates.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:7
If he says, “Good ,” then your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:7, so the Hebrew word אִם־כֹּ֥ה (imko) 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.20.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.7.W1.S1) and character.