1 Samuel 20:8:101 Sam.20.8.W10TAB
וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֤י
veimyeshbi
“and if there is in me”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-YESH-BI
- Extended
- veh-ihm-YESH-BEE
- IPA
- /wəʔim.jeʃ.biː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if there is in me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-im-YESH-BI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-YESH-BI a-VON
- sentence
ve-im-YESH-BI a-VON ha-mi-TE-ni a-TA ve-ad-a-VI lam-MA-ze te-vi-E-ni
Exegesis
The conditional clause begins with ve-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’ plus tzaddik {צַדִּיק | ṣad-dîq} ‘innocent’ and anokhi {אָנֹכִי | ʾā-nō-kî} ‘I’, leading to the self-curse Hiphil imperative hakeni {הַכֵּנִי | ha-ḵē-nî} ‘strike me’.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit or dwell”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Yet if there is guilt in me, strike me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֤י (veimyeshbi) 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.20.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.8.W10.S1) and character.