H0518A–אִם–im

In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

אִם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

אִם־ 'im- “if”

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I `am' sick with love!

אִֽם־ 'im- “if”

We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves;

אִם 'im “if”

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

אִם־ 'im- “though”אִם־ 'im- “though”

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

אִ֣ם׀ 'im “if”

And the head of Ephraim `is' Samaria, And the head of Samaria `is' the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'

אִ֚ם 'im “if”

To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

אִם־ 'im- “if”

-- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant doth return of it, A consumption determined, Overflowing `with' righteousness.

אִם־ 'im- “though”

The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie `in' its own border?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

`And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

אִם־ 'im- “though”

And where `are' thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”