2 Samuel 18:25:72 Sam.18.25.W7TAB
אִם־לְבַדּ֖וֹ
imlevaddo
“if he is alone”
- Transliteration
- im-le-vad-DO
- Extended
- ihm-leh-vahd-DOH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ləvadˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if he is alone
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-le-vad-DO
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE va-yag-GED la-ME-lekh va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh im-le-vad-DO be-so-RA be-FIV
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE va-yag-GED la-ME-lekh va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh im-le-vad-DO be-so-RA be-FIV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-ka-REV
Exegesis
The conditional clause ʾim-lebaddô {אִם־לְבַדּוֹ | ʾim-lebaddô} ‘if by himself’ introduces a hypothesis about mesôrâ {מְשֹׂרָה | mesôrâ} ‘news’.
Root and etymology
l-v-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner core, attention”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:25
The watchman saw and reported to the king. And the king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” And he kept coming closer .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:25, so the Hebrew word אִם־לְבַדּ֖וֹ (imlevaddo) 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.18.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.25.W7.S1) and character.