Leviticus 25:30:1Lev.25.30.W1TAB
וְאִ֣ם
veim
“and if”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM
- Extended
- veh-EEM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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Word in context
- word
ve-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM lo-yi-ga-EL
- clause
ve-IM lo-yi-ga-EL ad-me-LOT LO sha-NA te-MEE-MAH ve-KAM ha-BA-yit a-SHER-ba-IR a-SHER-lo LO kho-MA la-tse-mi-TOOT la-ko-NE o-TO le-do-ro-TAIYV
- sentence
ve-IM lo-yi-ga-EL ad-me-LOT LO sha-NA te-MEE-MAH ve-KAM ha-BA-yit a-SHER-ba-IR a-SHER-lo LO kho-MA la-tse-mi-TOOT la-ko-NE o-TO le-do-ro-TAIYV LO ye-TSE ba-yo-VEL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the protasis introduced by ve’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if,’ with the negated predicate lo-yigga’el {לֹא־יִגָּאֵל | lō-yiqqāʾēl} forming the conditional clause.
In context — Leviticus 25:30
And if the house is not redeemed before a full year has elapsed for its owner, then the house in the walled city shall be established permanently for the buyer and his generations, and it shall not be released in the Jubilee .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 25:30, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֣ם (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.25.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.30.W1.S1) and character.