Judges 14:13:1Judg.14.13.W1TAB
וְאִם־לֹ֣א
veimlo
“and if not”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-LO
- Extended
- veh-EEM-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔim.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-IM-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU
- clause
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM
- sentence
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional ve’im {וְאִם־ | wə-’im} ‘and if’ followed by the negative lo {לֹא | lō} and the qal imperfect tukhlu {תוּכְלוּ | tūkəlû} ‘are you able’.
In context — Judges 14:13
But if you are not able to declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes. And they said to him, “Propose your riddle , and we will hear it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־לֹ֣א (veimlo) 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 Judg.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.13.W1.S1) and character.