Leviticus 19:7:1Lev.19.7.W1TAB
וְאִ֛ם
veim
“if”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM
- Extended
- veh-IHM
- IPA
- /wəˈʔim/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM
- clause
ve-IM he-a-KHOL ye-a-KHEL ba-YOM hash-li-SHEE
- sentence
ve-IM he-a-KHOL ye-a-KHEL ba-YOM hash-li-SHEE pih-GOOL HU LO ye-ra-TSE
Exegesis
The clause opens with the protasis we-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, introducing a conditional legal scenario.
In context — Leviticus 19:7
And if any of the meat is eaten on the third day, it is an abomination ; it will not be accepted.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:7, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֛ם (veim) 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 Lev.19.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.7.W1.S1) and character.