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Ecclesiastes 10:10

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Masoretic Text 1524

H518 If אם

H6949 be blunt קהה

H1270 the iron הברזל

H1931 and he והוא

H3808 do not לא

H6440 the edge פנים

H7043 whet קלקל

H2428 more strength וחילים

H1396 put to יגבר

H3504 is profitable ויתרון

H3787 direct הכשׁיר

H2451 but wisdom חכמה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H518 If

the

H1270 iron

H6949 blunt

and

H1931 he

H3808 not

H7043 whet

the

H6440 edge

then

must

H1931 he

put

H1396 to

H2428 strength

but

H2451 wisdom

H3504 profitable

H1396 to

H3787 direct

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