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אִם

im · if

Hebrew · Strong's H518 · Conjunction · Sounds like: eem · 1,070 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • if H0518A 714
  • if: except H0518B · a Part of 150
  • if: surely no H0518H · a Meaning of 109
  • if: surely yes H0518I · a Meaning of 80
  • if: until H0518J · a Meaning of 17

Strong's dictionary

a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אִם conj.
1. hypoth. part. if
2. Interrog. part.
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי אם־
1. each part. retaining its independent force, and relating to a different clause:
a. that if
b. for if
2. (About 140 t.) the two particles being closely conjoined, and relating to the same clause—
a. limiting the prec. clause, except
b. the if being neglected, and treated as pleonastic, so that the clause is no longer a limitation of the preceding clause but a contradiction of it: but rather, but
c. after an oath, surely

Every occurrence

  1. Song of Solomon 1:8 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

  2. Song of Solomon 2:7 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  3. Song of Solomon 2:7 וְֽאִם־ ve.'im- · Small word: and if

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  4. Song of Solomon 3:5 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  5. Song of Solomon 3:5 וְֽאִם־ ve.'im- · Small word: and if

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

  6. Song of Solomon 5:8 אִֽם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

  7. Song of Solomon 7:12 אִם 'im · Small word: if

    Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

  8. Song of Solomon 8:7 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.

  9. Song of Solomon 8:9 אִם־ 'im- · Small word: if

    If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

  10. Song of Solomon 8:9 וְאִם־ ve.'im- · Small word: and if

    If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

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