Genesis 24:38:1Gen.24.38.W1PAT
אִם־לֹ֧א
imlo
“rather”
- Transliteration
- im-LO
- Extended
- ihm-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rather
- French
- mais plutôt
- Spanish
- más bien
- Russian
- а скорее
- Arabic-Simplified
- بل
- Hindi
- बल्कि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而是
- Swahili
- bali
- Twi
- na mmom
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 | |
| 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
im-LO
- phraseyour reading level
im-LO el-beit-a-VI
- clause
im-LO el-beit-a-VI te-LEKH ve-el-mi-she-pa-khe-TI
- sentence
im-LO el-beit-a-VI te-LEKH ve-el-mi-she-pa-khe-TI ve-la-ka-khe-TA ish-SHA li-ve-NI
In context — Genesis 24:38
rather you shall go to my father's house and to my clan and you shall take a wife for my son
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:38, so the Hebrew word אִם־לֹ֧א (imlo) 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 Gen.24.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.38.W1.S1) and character.