Exodus 22:8:1Exod.22.8.W1TABWLC Exodus 22:7
אִם־לֹ֤א
imlo
“if”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-LO
- phraseyour reading level
im-LO yi-ma-TSE
- clause
im-LO yi-ma-TSE ha-ga-NAV ve-nik-RAV ba-al-ha-BA-yit el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
im-LO yi-ma-TSE ha-ga-NAV ve-nik-RAV ba-al-ha-BA-yit el-ha-e-lo-HIM im-LO sha-LAKH ya-DO bi-me-LE-khet re-E-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional protasis marked by im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ plus the negation lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’, setting a legal hypothetical.
In context — Exodus 22:8
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must approach God to determine whether he has not stretched out his hand into his neighbor’s property.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 22:8, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֤א (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 Exod.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.8.W1.S1) and character.