Joshua 17:15:4Josh.17.15.W4TAB
אִם־עַם־רַ֤ב
imamrav
“if a numerous people”
- Transliteration
- IM-AM-RAV
- Extended
- IM-AM-RAHV
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʕam.ˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- if a numerous people
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
IM-AM-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
IM-AM-RAV a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM KI-ATs le-KHA har-ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The conditional particle ʾim {אִם | ʾim} establishes the protasis “if you are many,” modified by the noun phrase ʿam rav {עַם־רַב | ʿam rav} “a numerous people.”
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–m–m
“people”
In context — Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, “If you are many and if the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you, go up to the forest and clear space there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 17:15, so the Hebrew word אִם־עַם־רַ֤ב (imamrav) 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 Josh.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.15.W4.S1) and character.