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Genesis 42:37

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 spake ויאמר

H7205 And Reuben ראובן

H413 unto אל

H1 his father אביו

H559 saying לאמר

H853 את

H8147 my two שׁני

H1121 sons בני

H4191 Slay תמית

H518 if אם

H3808 him not לא

H935 bring אביאנו

H413 to אליך

H5414 thee deliver תנה

H853 אתו

H5921 him into על

H3027 my hand ידי

H589 I ואני

H7725 אשׁיבנו

H413 him to אליך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H7205 Reuben

H559 spake

H413 unto

his

H1 father

H559 saying

H4191 Slay

H8147 two

H1121 sons

H518 if

H589 I

H935 bring

him

H3808 not

H413 to

thee

H5414 deliver

him

H5921 into

H3027 hand

and

H589 I

will

H935 bring

him

H413 to

thee

again

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H518

Hebrew: אִם

Transliteration: ʼim

Pronunciation: eem

Bible Usage: ({and} {can-} {doubtless} {if} that) ({not}) + {but} {either} + {except} + more (-over {if} {than}) {neither} {nevertheless} {nor} oh {that} {or} + save ({only} {-ing}) {seeing} {since} {sith} + surely (no {more} {none} {not}) {though} + of a {truth} + {unless} + {verily} {when} {whereas} {whether} {while} + yet.

Definition:

used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not

1. if

a. conditional clauses

1. of possible situations

2. of impossible situations

b. oath contexts

1. no, not

c. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

d. when, whenever

e. since

f. interrogative particle

g. but rather

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906