2 Chronicles 18:27:32 Chr.18.27.W3TAB
אִם־שׁ֤וֹב
imshov
“if returning”
- Transliteration
- im-SHOV
- Extended
- ihm-SHOHV
- IPA
- /ʔimˈʃoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- if returning
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-SHOV
- phraseyour reading level
im-SHOV ta-SHUV
- clause
va-yo-MER mi-kha-YE-hu im-SHOV ta-SHUV be-sha-LOM lo-di-BER ye-ho-VAH BI
- sentence
va-yo-MER mi-kha-YE-hu im-SHOV ta-SHUV be-sha-LOM lo-di-BER ye-ho-VAH BI va-yo-MER shim-U a-MIM kul-LAM
Exegesis
The conditional protasis uses the infinitive construct shov {שׁוֹב | šōw} ‘to return’ followed by the imperfect tashuv {תָּשׁוּב | ṯāšûw} ‘you will return’, emphasizing the condition.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ב
“to return”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:27
Micaiah said, “If you indeed return in peace , then the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, you peoples, all of you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:27, so the Hebrew word אִם־שׁ֤וֹב (imshov) 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 2 Chr.18.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.27.W3.S1) and character.