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ʾim אִםAif, Bthat if’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive particle
Variants: אִם, כִּי אם־

ʾim part
A1) if
 1a) conditional clauses
  1a1) of possible situations
  1a2) of impossible situations
 1b) oath contexts
  1b1) no, not
 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
 1d) when, whenever
 1e) since
 1f) interrogative particle
 1g) but rather
B1) each particle retaining its independent force, and relating to a differentclause
 1a) that if

Mentioned in Genesis 24:38, 37:32, 42:37, 43:11, 44:32, 47:6, 24:8, 17:17, 24:42, 14:23, 18:3, 24:49, 47:18, 28:15, 18:30, 18:28, 38:9, 34:15, 24:41, 23:13, 50:4, 37:8, 42:15, 42:16, 42:19, 43:4, 43:5, 44:23, 44:26, 32:9, 30:1, 39:9, 20:7, 28:17, 31:50, 24:21, 32:29, 24:33, 28:20, 39:6, 33:10, 47:29, 4:7, 15:4, 18:21, 27:21, 27:46, 30:27, 31:52, 34:17, 40:14, 43:9, 21:23, 35:10, 13:9, 13:16, 15:5, 18:26, 23:8, 24:19, 25:22, 26:29, 30:31, 31:8, 32:27, 38:17, 47:16 Exodus 22:16, 20:25, 1:16, 21:4, 21:5, 21:8, 21:32, 13:13, 8:17, 34:9, 19:13, 21:21, 21:27, 21:29, 22:6, 4:8, 4:9, 15:26, 21:10, 23:22, 17:7, 21:11, 22:1, 22:2, 32:32, 33:15, 12:4, 12:9, 29:34, 16:4, 22:7, 22:22, 18:23, 7:27, 9:2, 10:4, 19:5, 21:3, 21:9, 21:19, 21:23, 21:30, 22:3, 22:10, 22:11, 22:12, 22:14, 22:24, 22:25, 33:13, 34:20, 40:37 Codex Leviticus 21:2, 26:21, 2:14, 14:43, 1:3, 1:10, 1:14, 3:6, 5:1, 5:7, 5:11, 7:16, 12:8, 13:53, 13:56, 13:57, 15:23, 27:10, 4:13, 4:27, 5:17, 14:21, 25:28, 27:16, 27:22, 13:7, 13:35, 14:48, 15:28, 27:18, 27:20, 13:4, 13:21, 13:26, 15:24, 20:4, 27:26, 27:31, 7:18, 19:7, 22:6, 21:14, 25:54, 26:14, 26:18, 26:23, 2:5, 2:7, 3:1, 3:7, 3:12, 4:3, 4:32, 6:21, 7:12, 12:5, 13:12, 13:22, 13:23, 13:27, 13:28, 13:37, 13:41, 17:16, 25:30, 25:51, 25:52, 26:3, 26:15, 26:27, 27:4, 27:5, 27:6, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:11, 27:13, 27:15, 27:17, 27:19, 27:27, 27:33 Numbers 11:12, 14:23, 27:10, 27:11, 30:6, 36:4, 35:17, 32:11, 16:29, 16:30, 22:18, 24:13, 30:7, 30:11, 30:15, 35:20, 35:22, 14:28, 27:9, 10:4, 15:24, 15:27, 32:30, 32:5, 32:29, 30:16, 5:8, 13:20, 20:19, 5:19, 5:27, 21:9, 22:20, 26:65, 30:9, 30:13, 11:15, 10:30, 11:23, 12:6, 14:8, 14:30, 17:28, 22:34, 32:17, 32:20, 5:28, 11:22, 13:18, 13:19, 14:35, 19:12, 21:2, 24:22, 26:33, 32:23, 33:55, 35:16, 35:26, 35:33 Deuteronomy 1:35, 19:8, 8:19, 25:7, 10:12, 11:13, 11:22, 22:2, 12:14, 32:30, 32:41, 11:28, 30:17, 22:25, 24:1, 24:12, 5:25, 12:18, 12:5, 16:6, 28:15, 8:2, 15:5, 28:1, 28:58, 30:4, 7:5, 18:3, 20:11, 20:12, 21:14, 22:20, 25:2 Joshua 24:15, 17:15, 22:19, 14:9, 22:23, 7:12, 2:14, 5:13, 22:22, 17:3, 23:12, 22:24, 23:8, 2:19, 2:20, 14:4 Judges 2:22, 9:16, 9:19, 9:20, 16:7, 16:11, 16:17, 4:20, 20:28, 6:17, 5:8, 9:2, 15:7, 9:15, 7:14, 21:21, 13:16, 4:8, 6:36, 7:10, 11:9, 11:10, 16:13, 6:31, 6:3, 6:37, 11:25, 11:30, 14:12, 14:13 1 Samuel 2:25, 12:15, 20:6, 20:8, 20:9, 24:22, 17:55, 24:7, 26:19, 30:15, 26:10, 25:34, 14:10, 6:3, 20:29, 27:5, 12:14, 21:10, 25:22, 11:3, 14:39, 19:11, 20:21, 21:5, 1:11, 2:15, 2:16, 30:17, 30:22, 3:17, 3:9, 7:3, 14:9, 14:45, 23:23, 3:14, 6:9, 8:19, 12:25, 15:17, 17:9, 19:6, 20:7, 20:14, 20:22, 21:6, 21:7, 28:10 2 Samuel 15:34, 19:29, 14:32, 17:6, 11:11, 12:8, 13:33, 14:19, 15:21, 19:36, 3:35, 3:13, 12:3, 19:8, 5:6, 19:43, 11:20, 17:13, 18:3, 21:2, 24:13, 14:11, 15:25, 19:14, 10:11, 15:8, 15:26, 15:33, 18:25, 20:20 1 Kings 3:14, 6:12, 8:25, 9:4, 18:18, 1:27, 12:27, 18:10, 22:6, 1:51, 20:39, 21:6, 20:23, 17:1, 21:2, 22:8, 9:6, 18:21, 2:4, 13:8, 17:12, 12:7, 20:6, 20:10, 22:15, 22:18, 1:52, 2:8, 8:19, 11:38, 20:18, 20:25, 22:28, 22:31 2 Kings 14:6, 21:8, 13:7, 19:18, 5:20, 10:6, 18:23, 7:10, 5:17, 20:9, 23:9, 1:2, 4:30, 17:39, 2:10, 4:2, 5:15, 1:10, 1:12, 4:24, 9:15, 2:2, 3:14, 7:4, 20:19, 6:31, 2:4, 2:6, 5:16, 9:26, 9:35, 10:23, 17:36, 17:40, 23:23 Isaiah 37:19, 1:19, 36:8, 33:21, 1:18, 6:11, 4:4, 22:14, 58:9, 5:9, 30:17, 66:8, 62:8, 8:20, 40:28, 50:2, 1:20, 55:10, 55:11, 59:2, 66:9, 7:9, 10:9, 10:15, 10:22, 14:24, 21:12, 24:13, 27:7, 28:25, 29:16, 42:19, 49:24, 53:10, 58:13, 65:6, 65:18 Jeremiah 16:15, 12:17, 31:30, 51:14, 49:20, 23:8, 2:22, 44:26, 37:10, 26:15, 40:4, 3:10, 15:11, 2:28, 7:32, 8:19, 8:22, 14:19, 15:1, 22:17, 22:28, 38:4, 38:6, 49:1, 5:1, 7:5, 23:24, 38:16, 17:27, 2:31, 4:1, 8:4, 14:18, 15:19, 17:24, 20:3, 23:38, 26:4, 38:17, 38:18, 42:5, 42:6, 42:10, 50:45, 5:9, 5:29, 9:8, 9:23, 14:22, 22:5, 31:36, 7:23, 42:13, 42:15, 2:14, 3:5, 5:2, 5:22, 12:16, 13:17, 14:7, 18:14, 19:6, 22:4, 22:6, 22:24, 23:22, 27:18, 30:6, 31:20, 31:37, 33:20, 33:25, 38:21, 44:14, 48:27, 49:9 Ezekiel 44:25, 20:3, 36:5, 38:19, 3:11, 5:11, 12:23, 14:16, 14:20, 16:48, 17:16, 17:19, 18:3, 20:31, 20:33, 20:39, 21:18, 33:11, 33:27, 34:8, 35:6, 36:7, 36:22, 44:10, 2:7, 3:6, 44:22, 2:5, 15:3, 22:14, 43:11 Hosea 9:12, 12:12, 4:15 Joel 1:2, 4:4 Amos 3:7, 7:2, 8:11, 6:9, 9:4, 3:4, 6:2, 3:3, 3:6, 5:22, 6:12, 8:7, 9:2, 9:3 Obadiah 1:5, 1:4 Micah 4:9, 6:8, 5:7, 2:7 Nahum 3:12, 1:12 Habakkuk 2:3, 3:8 Haggai 2:13 Zechariah 4:6, 6:15, 11:12, 3:7, 14:18 Malachi 1:6, 3:10, 2:2 Psalms 68:14, 66:18, 130:3, 132:3, 41:7, 90:10, 94:9, 89:36, 138:7, 59:16, 44:21, 77:10, 78:34, 95:11, 7:4, 95:7, 139:19, 131:2, 1:2, 1:4, 7:5, 7:13, 27:3, 50:12, 50:18, 63:7, 73:15, 78:20, 81:9, 88:11, 89:31, 89:32, 94:18, 127:1, 132:4, 132:12, 137:5, 137:6, 139:8, 139:24 Proverbs 1:10, 3:30, 27:22, 23:18, 24:14, 22:27, 6:28, 25:21, 23:17, 1:11, 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 3:24, 3:34, 4:12, 4:16, 6:1, 9:12, 18:2, 19:19, 20:11, 23:2, 23:15, 24:11, 27:24, 30:32 Job 31:19, 39:9, 30:25, 6:12, 39:13, 21:4, 33:23, 31:33, 31:38, 11:14, 22:23, 31:31, 35:7, 1:11, 2:5, 31:26, 9:16, 34:16, 9:3, 21:6, 31:7, 39:10, 42:8, 6:13, 33:33, 38:4, 4:17, 11:2, 13:9, 37:20, 30:24, 6:6, 22:20, 31:39, 24:25, 8:3, 8:5, 13:8, 40:9, 11:13, 34:14, 40:27, 11:7, 27:10, 10:15, 31:16, 6:5, 6:28, 6:30, 7:4, 7:12, 8:4, 8:6, 8:18, 9:15, 9:19, 9:20, 9:23, 9:24, 9:27, 9:30, 10:4, 10:5, 10:14, 11:10, 13:10, 14:5, 14:7, 14:8, 14:14, 16:6, 17:2, 17:13, 17:16, 19:5, 20:6, 20:12, 22:3, 27:4, 27:5, 27:14, 27:16, 31:5, 31:9, 31:13, 31:20, 31:21, 31:24, 31:25, 31:29, 31:36, 33:5, 33:32, 34:17, 34:32, 35:6, 36:8, 36:11, 36:12, 36:29, 37:13, 38:18, 38:33, 39:27 Song of Songs 2:7, 3:5, 5:8, 8:7, 1:8, 7:13, 8:9 Ruth 4:4, 3:10, 3:18, 2:21, 3:13 Lamentations 2:20, 1:12, 3:32, 5:22 Ecclesiastes 8:15, 8:17, 11:8, 11:6, 4:10, 4:11, 4:12, 3:12, 5:11, 10:11, 6:3, 5:10, 5:7, 10:4, 12:14, 10:10, 11:3 Esther 4:14, 3:9, 8:5, 2:15, 6:13, 1:19, 2:14, 5:4, 5:8, 5:12, 7:3, 9:13 Daniel 10:21 Ezra 2:59 Nehemiah 2:5, 7:61, 3:35, 2:7, 2:12, 2:2, 13:25, 1:9, 13:21 1 Chronicles 12:18, 28:9, 15:2, 22:13, 13:2, 23:22, 21:12, 4:10, 2:34, 19:12, 28:7 2 Chronicles 6:16, 7:17, 33:8, 30:9, 7:19, 6:24, 25:8, 6:22, 18:5, 7:13, 23:6, 10:7, 18:14, 18:17, 20:9, 2:5, 15:2, 18:27, 18:30, 21:17

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