Ruth 3:13:8Ruth.3.13.W8TAB
וְאִם־לֹ֨א
veimlo
“but if not”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-LO
- Extended
- veh-ihm-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 yakh-POTS le-ga-o-LEKH
- clause
LI-ni ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YA va-BO-ker im-yig-a-LEKH TOV yig-AL ve-im-LO yakh-POTS le-ga-o-LEKH u-ge-al-TIKH a-no-KHI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LI-ni ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YA va-BO-ker im-yig-a-LEKH TOV yig-AL ve-im-LO yakh-POTS le-ga-o-LEKH u-ge-al-TIKH a-no-KHI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH shikh-VI ad-ha-BO-ker
Exegesis
The contrast ve-ʾim-lō yaḥ-pōṣ lə-ḡā-ʾō-leḵ {וְאִם־לֹא יַחְפֹּץ לְגָֽאֳלֵ֛ךְ | wə-ʾim-lō yaḥ-pōṣ lə-ḡā-ʾō-leḵ} ‘and if not he desires to redeem you’ uses yaḥ-pōṣ ‘desires’ and the infinitive to express volition.
In context — Ruth 3:13
Stay the night, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good—let him redeem ; but if he does not desire to redeem you, then I myself will redeem you—by the life of the LORD . Lie down until the morning.
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 3:13, 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 Ruth.3.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.13.W8.S1) and character.