Deuteronomy 20:11:2Deut.20.11.W2TAB
אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם
imshalom
“if peace”
- Transliteration
- im-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ihm-sha-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- if peace
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional protasis marker vav-consecutive im {וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם | wə-hā-yā(h) ʾim-šā-lōm} ‘if it shall be’.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־םš l m
“completeness, peace”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:11
If it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:11, so the Hebrew word אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם (imshalom) 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 Deut.20.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.11.W2.S1) and character.