Ezekiel 17:19:6Ezek.17.19.W6TAB
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
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR u-ne-tat-TIV be-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The conditional im-lo {אִם־לֹ֗א | ʾim-lōʾ} adds emphatic certainty.
In context — Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : As I live , surely my oath—which he has despised—and my covenant—which he has broken—I will place it upon his head.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:19, 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.17.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.19.W6.S1) and character.