Numbers 20:19:6Num.20.19.W6TAB
וְאִם־מֵימֶ֤יךָ
veimmeimekha
“and if your water”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA
- Extended
- veh-EEM-MEY-meh-KHAH
- IPA
- /və.ʔim.meːmeˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if your water
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL bam-si-LA na-a-LE ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH a-NI u-mik-NAI ve-na-ta-TI mikh-RAM
- sentence
va-yom-RU e-LAV be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL bam-si-LA na-a-LE ve-IM-MEI-me-KHA nish-TEH a-NI u-mik-NAI ve-na-ta-TI mikh-RAM RAK EIN-DA-var be-rag-LAI e-ev-RAH
Exegesis
The conditional ve-im {וְאִם־ | wə-’im} ‘and if’ sets a protasis in a first-class conditional, paired with nishteh {נִשְׁתֶּה֙ | ništēh} ‘we will drink’ to frame a provision.
In context — Numbers 20:19
And the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we and our livestock drink your water , we will pay its price. Only, there is no other matter—let us pass through on foot.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 20:19, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־מֵימֶ֤יךָ (veimmeimekha) 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.20.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.19.W6.S1) and character.