Deuteronomy 21:14:2Deut.21.14.W2TAB

אִם־לֹ֧א

imlo

“if not”

Transliteration: IM-LO
Extended: IM-LOH
IPA: /ʔimˈloː/

Meaning by language

English: if not

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Result

אִם + לֹ֧א

↓

im + lo

↓

imlo

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
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

word
IM-LO
phraseyour reading level
IM-LO kha-fats-TA BAH
clause
ve-ha-YA IM-LO kha-fats-TA BAH ve-shi-lakh-TAH le-naf-SHAH u-ma-KHOR lo-tim-ke-RE-na ba-KA-sef
sentence
ve-ha-YA IM-LO kha-fats-TA BAH ve-shi-lakh-TAH le-naf-SHAH u-ma-KHOR lo-tim-ke-RE-na ba-KA-sef lo-tit-a-MER BAH TA-khat a-SHER in-ni-TAH

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-hā-yāh}, introducing a legal stipulation, followed by the conditional clause im lō ḥaphatzta bah {אִם־לֹא חָפַצְתָּ בָּהּ | ʾim lō ḥā-phaṣ-tā bāh} “if you do not desire her.”

In context — Deuteronomy 21:14

And it shall be, if you do not delight in her, you shall send her away to herself, and you shall not sell her for silver, you shall not treat her as a slave , because you have afflicted her.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:14, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֧א (imlo) 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.21.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.14.W2.S1) and character.

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