Numbers 22:18:6Num.22.18.W6TAB
אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֥י
imyitenli
“if were to give me”
- Transliteration
- im-yi-TEN-li
- Extended
- im-yi-TEN-lee
- IPA
- /ʔim.jitˈten.li/
Meaning by language
- English
- if were to give me
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
im-yi-TEN-li
- phraseyour reading level
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK
- clause
va-YA-an bil-AM va-yo-MER el-av-DEI ba-LAK im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO vei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV
- sentence
va-YA-an bil-AM va-yo-MER el-av-DEI ba-LAK im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO vei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH O ge-do-LAH
Exegesis
The conditional im yiṯten li {אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֥י | ʾim-yiṯ·ten-lî} ‘if he gives to me’ establishes an unrealized hypothesis intensifying the offer.
In context — Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me the fullness of his house, silver and gold, I could not transgress the command of the LORD my God to do the smallest or the greatest.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:18, so the Hebrew word אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֥י (imyitenli) 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.22.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.18.W6.S1) and character.