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Ecclesiastes 4:11

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1571 Again גם

H518 if אם

H7901 lie together ישׁכבו

H8147 two שׁנים

H2552 then they have heat וחם

H259 can one להם ולאחד

H349 but how איך

H3179 be warm יחם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1571 Again

H518 if

H8147 two

lie

H7901 together

then

they

have

H2552 heat

but

H349 how

can

H259 one

H3179 warm

alone

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