Deuteronomy 22:20:1Deut.22.20.W1TAB
וְאִם־אֵמֶת
veimemet
“But if true”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-E-met
- Extended
- veh-EEM-EH-met
- IPA
- /vəʔim.ˈʔɛmɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- But if true
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-E-met
- clause
ve-IM-E-met hai-TA ha-da-VAR
- sentence
ve-IM-E-met hai-TA ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH LO-NIM-tse-U be-tu-LIM le-na-a-RA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional conjunction veim {וְאִם | və-ʾim} ‘and if,’ marking the protasis of a juridical stipulation.
The term emet {אֱמֶת | ʾe-met} ‘truth’ combined with the verb hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘it was’ forms a nominal clause asserting the factuality of the allegation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-naleph–mem–nun
“firmness, reliability”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:20
But if this matter is true and the tokens of virginity are not found for the young woman ,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:20, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־אֵמֶת (veimemet) 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.22.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.20.W1.S1) and character.