Job 19:5:1Job.19.5.W1TAB

אִם־אָ֭מְנָם

imamenam

if indeed

Transliteration
im-A-menam
Extended
ihm-AAH-meh-nahm
IPA
/ʔim.ʔɔːmˈnɔːm/

Meaning by language

English
if indeed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אִם + אָ֭ + מְנָם
im + a + menam
imamenam

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    im-A-menam

  2. clause

    im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu

  3. sentence

    im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the concessive conditional im-omnam {אִם־אָ֭מְנָם | ʾim-ʾom-nām} ‘if indeed,’ setting up a concession. The repeated prepositional phrases alai ...

In contextJob 19:5

If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and you make my reproach a case against me.

About this coordinate

Job 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 19:5, so the Hebrew word אִם־אָ֭מְנָם (imamenam) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.5.W1.S1) and character.