2 Samuel 15:25:82 Sam.15.25.W8TAB
אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א
imemtsa
“if I find”
- Transliteration
- im-em-TSA
- Extended
- ihm-ehm-TSAA
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔɛmˈtsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I find
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
im-em-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
im-em-TSA KHEN
- clause
im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu
Exegesis
The conditional clause begins with ʾim {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ plus the first person imperfect ʾemṣāʾ {אֶמְצָ֥א | ʾemṣāʾ} ‘I find’ followed by ḥên {חֵן֙ | ḥên} ‘favor’ in the prepositional phrase bə-ʿêynê {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə-ʿêynê} ‘in the eyes of’ YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | YHWH}.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD , then He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:25, so the Hebrew word אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א (imemtsa) 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 Sam.15.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.25.W8.S1) and character.