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Proverbs 2:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 Yea כי

H518 if אם

H998 after knowledge לבינה

H7121 thou criest תקרא

H8394 for understanding לתבונה

H5414 and liftest up תתן

H6963 thy voice קולך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 Yea

H518 if

thou

H7121 criest

after

H998 knowledge

and

liftest

H5414 up

thy

H6963 voice

for

H8394 understanding

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