Ezekiel 17:16:5Ezek.17.16.W5TAB
אִם־לֹ֗א
imlo
“surely”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔim.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
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
- clause
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT
Exegesis
The conditional im-lo {אִם־לֹ֗א | ʾim-lōʾ} ‘surely’ functions as an oath reinforcement.
In context — Ezekiel 17:16
As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:16, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֗א (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 Ezek.17.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W5.S1) and character.