Exodus 21:5:1Exod.21.5.W1TAB
וְאִם־אָמֹ֤ר
veimamor
“but if indeed”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-a-MOR
- Extended
- veh-ihm-ah-MOHR
- IPA
- /wə.ʔim.ʔaː.ˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if indeed
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-a-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR
- clause
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR ha-E-ved a-hav-TI et-a-do-NI et-ish-TI ve-et-ba-NAI
- sentence
ve-im-a-MOR yo-MAR ha-E-ved a-hav-TI et-a-do-NI et-ish-TI ve-et-ba-NAI LO e-TSE khaf-SHI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional marker ve-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘if’, followed by the infinitive construct amor {אָמֹר | ʾā-môr} ‘to say’ as an intensifier before the imperfect yōmar {יֹאמַר | yō-mār} ‘he will say’, which introduces the servant’s conditional declaration.
In context — Exodus 21:5
But if the servant says, “I have loved my master, my wife, and my children, and I will not go out as a free man .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:5, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־אָמֹ֤ר (veimamor) 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 Exod.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.5.W1.S1) and character.