Job 22:23:1Job.22.23.W1TAB
אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב
imtashuv
“if you return”
- Transliteration
- im-ta-SHUV
- Extended
- ihm-taa-SHOOV
- IPA
- /ʔim.taːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you return
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ta-SHUV
- clause
im-ta-SHUV ad-sha-DAI ti-ba-NE
- sentence
im-ta-SHUV ad-sha-DAI ti-ba-NE tar-khi-KIK av-la me-o-he-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional protasis im-tashuv {אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב | ʾim-tā-šûḇ} ‘if you return’, where the imperfect verb frames repentance as a real future possibility.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Vav–Bet
“to turn back”
In context — Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty , you will be built up; you will put injustice far from your tent.
About this coordinate
Job 22:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:23, so the Hebrew word אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב (imtashuv) 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.22.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.23.W1.S1) and character.