אִם־אֹתָ֤הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִם־אֹתָ֤הּ

   im-o-TA

   if it
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִם־אֹתָ֤הּ תִּקַּח־לְךָ֙

   im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA

   if it you will take for yourself
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן חֶ֣רֶב גָּלְיָ֨ת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֤יתָ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הָֽאֵלָ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה־הִ֜יא לוּטָ֤ה בַשִּׂמְלָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הָאֵפֹ֔וד אִם־אֹתָ֤הּ תִּקַּח־לְךָ֙ קַ֔ח כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אַחֶ֖רֶת זוּלָתָ֣הּ בָּזֶ֑ה

   va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE

   and he said the priest sword Goliath the Philistine whom you struck in the valley of Elah behold, it wrapped in the cloak behind the ephod if it you will take for yourself take for there is not another besides it in this place
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן חֶ֣רֶב גָּלְיָ֨ת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֤יתָ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הָֽאֵלָ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה־הִ֜יא לוּטָ֤ה בַשִּׂמְלָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הָאֵפֹ֔וד אִם־אֹתָ֤הּ תִּקַּח־לְךָ֙ קַ֔ח כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אַחֶ֖רֶת זוּלָתָ֣הּ בָּזֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֵ֤ין כָּמֹ֙והָ֙ תְּנֶ֥נָּה לִּֽי׃

   va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE va-yo-MER da-VID EN ka-MO-ha te-nen-NA LI

   and he said the priest sword Goliath the Philistine whom you struck in the valley of Elah behold, it wrapped in the cloak behind the ephod if it you will take for yourself take for there is not another besides it in this place and he said David there is not like it give it to me

Exegesis

The conditional wᵊʾimtirṣē lāqqāḥ ʾōṯāh {וְאִם־תִּרְצֶה לָקַח אֹתָהּ | wᵊʾimtirṣē lāqqāḥ ʾōṯāh} ‘and if you want, take it’ issues an invitation, and the existential ʾēn cha-REV pô {אֵין חָרֵב פֹּה | ʾēn ḥārēḇ pô} ‘there is no sword here’ contrasts with ʾāḇāl hārəqem hîʾāh {אֲבָל הָרֶקֶם הִיא | ʾāḇāl hārəqem hîʾāh} ‘but that one is,’ confirming exclusivity.