Job 14:5:1Job.14.5.W1TAB

אִ֥ם

im

if

Transliteration
IM
Extended
IHM
IPA
/ˈʔim/

Meaning by language

English
if

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    IM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    IM kha-ru-TSIM ya-MAV

  3. clause

    IM kha-ru-TSIM ya-MAV mis-pa-r-kho-da-SHAV it-TAKH

  4. sentence

    IM kha-ru-TSIM ya-MAV mis-pa-r-kho-da-SHAV it-TAKH kho-KO khuk-KAV a-SI-ta ve-LO ya-a-VOR

Exegesis

The verse begins with im {אִ֥ם | ʾim} introducing a conditional clause expressed as an assumed reality.

In contextJob 14:5

Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with You , You have appointed his boundary , and he cannot pass beyond it.

About this coordinate

Job 14:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:5, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ם (im) 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 Job.14.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.5.W1.S1) and character.