Job 22:20:1Job.22.20.W1TAB
אִם־לֹ֣א
imlo
“surely not”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely 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 nikh-KHAD ki-MA-nu
- sentence
im-LO nikh-KHAD ki-MA-nu ve-yit-RAM o-KHE-la ESH
Exegesis
The protasis begins with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ negated by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’, functioning as an assertive emphasis.
In context — Job 22:20
Surely our opponents are cut off, and fire has consumed what remained of them.
About this coordinate
Job 22:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:20, 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.22.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.20.W1.S1) and character.