Judges 16:11:3Judg.16.11.W3TAB
אִם־אָס֤וֹר
imasor
“if binding”
- Transliteration
- im-a-SOR
- Extended
- ihm-ah-SOHR
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔaːˈsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- if binding
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
im-a-SOR
- phraseyour reading level
im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The conditional particle im {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ introduces the hypothetical clause.
The infinitive construct asor {אָס֤וֹר | ʾā-sôr} and the imperfect yaasruni {יַאַסְר֙וּנִי֙ | ya-as-rū-nî} express potential binding action.
Root and etymology
א־ס־ר
“to bind”
In context — Judges 16:11
And he said to her, “If they bind me with new cords that have never borne labor , then I will become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 16:11, so the Hebrew word אִם־אָס֤וֹר (imasor) 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.16.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.11.W3.S1) and character.