Numbers 14:35:4Num.14.35.W4TAB
אִם־לֹ֣א
imlo
“if not”
- Transliteration
- IM-LO
- Extended
- IM-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔimˈ.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if not
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-LO
- phraseyour reading level
IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The oath formula ʾimmōlô {אִם־לֹא | ʾimmōlô} ‘if not’ functions as an emphatic conditional.
In context — Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD , have spoken: surely this is what I will do to all this evil congregation that has banded together against Me; in this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:35, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֣א (imlo) 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 Num.14.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.35.W4.S1) and character.