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Psalms 137:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1692 cleave תדבק

H3956 thee let my tongue לשׁוני

H2441 to the roof of my mouth לחכי

H518 If אם

H3808 I do not לא

H2142 remember אזכרכי

H518 if אם

H3808 not לא

H5927 I prefer אעלה

H853 את

H3389 Jerusalem ירושׁלם

H5921 above על

H7218 my chief ראשׁ

H8057 joy שׂמחתי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H518 If

H3808 not

H2142 remember

thee

let

H3956 tongue

H1692 cleave

the

roof

H2441 mouth

H518 if

H5927 prefer

H3808 not

H3389 Jerusalem

H5921 above

H7218 chief

H8057 joy

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