Numbers 19:12:8Num.19.12.W8TAB
וְאִם־לֹ֨א
veimlo
“but if not”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-LO
- Extended
- veh-EEM-LOH
- IPA
- /vəʔimˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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
ve-IM-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA
- clause
ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR
- sentence
HU yit-khat-TA-BO ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I yit-HAR ve-IM-LO yit-khat-TA ba-YOM hash-li-SHI u-va-YOM hash-vi-I LO yit-HAR
Exegesis
The particle wə-ʾim-lōʾ {וְאִם־לֹא | wə-ʾim-lōʾ} introduces a protasis marking the negative conditional outcome. The temporal phrases ba-yōm ha-šəlîšî…
In context — Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean ; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 19:12, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־לֹ֨א (veimlo) 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.19.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.12.W8.S1) and character.