אִם
ʼim · eem
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive particle;
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- used very widely as demonstrative, lo!
- interrogative, whether?
- or conditional, if, although
- also, Oh that!, when
- hence, as a negative, not
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1070 occurrences · 1070 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- if2 · 7%
- or2 · 7%
- but2 · 7%
- verily2 · 7%
- that i will not1 · 3%
- and that i will not1 · 3%
- except1 · 3%
- should not be his; and it came to pass, when1 · 3%
- he had, save1 · 3%
- him: if1 · 3%
- him not1 · 3%
- unless1 · 3%
- surely they shall not1 · 3%
- doubtless ye shall not1 · 3%
- i will surely1 · 3%
- shall1 · 3%
- surely1 · 3%
- and if1 · 3%
- unto them, though1 · 3%
- until1 · 3%
- i cannot1 · 3%
- he shall not1 · 3%
- and thou shalt not only while yet1 · 3%
- unto him, of a truth1 · 3%
- that thou wilt not1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.