Job 17:2:1Job.17.2.W1TAB
אִם־לֹ֣א
imlo
“if not”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if not
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
im-LO ha-tu-LIM i-ma-DI
- sentence
im-LO ha-tu-LIM i-ma-DI u-ve-ham-me-ro-TAM ta-LAN E-NI
Exegesis
The line opens with im {אִם | אִם} ‘if’ plus lo {לֹא | לֹא} ‘not’, a Hebrew poetic formula that often functions rhetorically as an emphatic assertion, commonly expressed in English as a strong question (“Are there not…?”) or as an adverb of certainty (“Surely…”).
In context — Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me, and does not my eye lodge in their provocations , ?
About this coordinate
Job 17:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:2, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֣א (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 Job.17.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.2.W1.S1) and character.