Judges 15:7:4Judg.15.7.W4TAB
אִֽם־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּן
imtaasun
“if you do”
- Transliteration
- im-ta-a-SUN
- Extended
- ihm-tah-ah-SOON
- IPA
- /ʔim.ta.ʕăˈsuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you do
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ta-a-SUN
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT KI im-nik-KAM-ti va-KHEM ve-a-KHAR e-KHDAL
Exegesis
The protasis im-taʿasun {אִם־תַּעֲשׂוּן | ʾim–taʿăšûn} “if you act” with the demonstrative kazot {כָּזֹאת | kāzôt} forms a conditional clause.
Root and etymology
ע־שׂ־ה
“to do”
In context — Judges 15:7
Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you; and afterward, I will cease.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:7, so the Hebrew word אִֽם־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּן (imtaasun) 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.15.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.7.W4.S1) and character.