Genesis 18:26:3Gen.18.26.W3TAB
אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א
imemtsa
“if I find”
- Transliteration
- im-em-TSA
- Extended
- ihm-ehm-TSAA
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔɛm.ˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I find
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-em-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
im-em-TSA vis-DOM
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
Exegesis
The protasis uses the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} governing the first person imperfect emtsa {אֶמְצָ֥א | ʾem-ṣāʾ} “I find,” establishing the search criterion.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-ʾmem–tsade–aleph
“to find, encounter”
In context — Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, within the city itself, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:26, so the Hebrew word אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א (imemtsa) 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 Gen.18.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W3.S1) and character.