Judges 17:3:6Judg.17.3.W6TAB
אִמּ֡וֹ
imo
“his mother”
- Transliteration
- i-MO
- Extended
- ih-MOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-MO
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER i-MO
- clause
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
Dialogue begins with vav-consecutive in vatōmer immōw {וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ | wattōmer immōw} “and his mother said,” followed by the emphatic infinitive absolute + perfect in haqqedēš hiqqad(a)štî {הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי | haqqedēš hiqqad(a)štî} “Dedicating I have dedicated.”
Root and etymology
א־מ־מ
“mother”
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word אִמּ֡וֹ (imo) 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.17.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W6.S1) and character.