Genesis 24:8:1Gen.24.8.W1PAT

וְאִם־לֹ֨א

veimlo

but if not

Transliteration
ve-im-LO
Extended
veh-ihm-LOH
IPA
/wə.ʔim.ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
but if not
French
mais si non
Spanish
pero si no
Portuguese
mas se não
German
wenn aber nicht
Russian
если же не
Arabic-Simplified
وَإِنْ لَمْ
Hindi
पर यदि नहीं
Chinese-Simplified
但如果不
Korean
만일
Indonesian
tetapi jika tidak
Bengali
কিন্তু যদি না
Tagalog
ngunit kung hindi
Swahili
lakini ikiwa sivyo
Amharic
ካል
Yoruba
ṣùgbọ́n bí kò
Igbo
ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị
Twi
na sɛ ɛnte saa a
Ewe
ne menye

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Result
וְ + אִם + לֹ֨א
ve + im + lo
veimlo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-im-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-im-LO to-VE ha-ish-SHA

  3. clause

    ve-im-LO to-VE ha-ish-SHA la-LE-khet a-kha-REI-kha ve-nik-KI-ta mi-she-vu-a-TI ZOT

  4. sentence

    ve-im-LO to-VE ha-ish-SHA la-LE-khet a-kha-REI-kha ve-nik-KI-ta mi-she-vu-a-TI ZOT RAK et-be-NI LO ta-SHEV sham-MA

In contextGenesis 24:8

but if not the woman willing to go after you you will be free from my oath this only not you shall bring back my son there

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:8, 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 Gen.24.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.8.W1.S1) and character.