Exodus 1:16:6Exod.1.16.W6PAT

אִם־בֵּ֥ן

imben

if a son

Transliteration
im-BEN
Extended
ihm-BEHN
IPA
/ʔimˈbeːn/

Meaning by language

English
if a son
French
si c'est un fils
Spanish
si es un hijo
Portuguese
se for um filho
German
wenn ein Sohn
Russian
если сын
Arabic-Simplified
إن كان ابناً
Hindi
यदि पुत्र हो
Chinese-Simplified
如果是儿子
Korean
만일 아들이면
Indonesian
jika seorang anak laki-laki
Bengali
যদি পুত্র হয়
Tagalog
kung isang anak na lalaki
Swahili
ikiwa ni mwana wa kiume
Amharic
ወንድ ልጅ ከሆነ
Yoruba
bí ó bá jẹ́ ọmọkùnrin
Igbo
ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ nwa nwoke
Twi
sɛ ɛyɛ ɔbabarima
Ewe
ne enye viŋutsu

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Result
אִם + בֵּ֥ן
im + ben
imben

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    im-BEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-BEN HU

  3. clause

    im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer be-yal-LED-khen et-ha-iv-ri-YOT u-re-i-TEN al-ha-ov-NA-yim im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA

In contextExodus 1:16

and he said when you serve as midwives to the Hebrew women and you see upon the stones if a son he and you shall kill him and if a daughter she and she shall live

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 1:16, so the Hebrew word אִם־בֵּ֥ן (imben) 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 Exod.1.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.16.W6.S1) and character.