Numbers 16:29:1Num.16.29.W1TAB
אִם־כְּמוֹת
imkemot
“If as the death”
- Transliteration
- IM-ke-MOT
- Extended
- IM-keh-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʔim.kəˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- If as the death
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
IM-ke-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
IM-ke-MOT kel-ha-a-DAM
- clause
IM-ke-MOT kel-ha-a-DAM yi-mu-TUN E-le u-fe-ku-DAT kel-ha-a-DAM yi-pa-KED a-lei-HEM
- sentence
IM-ke-MOT kel-ha-a-DAM yi-mu-TUN E-le u-fe-ku-DAT kel-ha-a-DAM yi-pa-KED a-lei-HEM LO Ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾîm} ‘if’, introducing a protasis that sets a testing scenario.
The comparative phrase kemot kol-ha-adam features the preposition + noun combination kemot and the construct chain kol-ha-adam, where mot {מוֹת | mōṯ} ‘death’ denotes collective mortality. In the protasis main clause, the Qal imperfect yemutun ‘they die’ precedes the demonstrative eleh ‘these’, creating focus on the specific challengers.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem-vav-tav
“to die”
In context — Numbers 16:29
If these men die as all men die, and the visitation of all men is visited upon them, then the LORD has not sent me.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:29, so the Hebrew word אִם־כְּמוֹת (imkemot) 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.16.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.29.W1.S1) and character.