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im introduces conditions, alternatives, and contingent outcomes in biblical clauses.
As a conjunction, im marks a stated condition or alternative and connects it with a consequent action, result, or response. The sampled clauses include promised outcomes for obedience, warnings tied to refusal, and contrasting possible situations.
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Introduces a condition or alternative · dominant
The form is tagged as a conjunction throughout the sample. In 1 Kings 11:38 the APB renders a condition of listening, walking, and keeping commands before the promised outcome; in 1 Samuel 12:14 and 1 Samuel 12:15 it sets opposed conditions of obedience and rebellion with their respective results. In 1 Kings 20:18, the repeated form introduces the alternatives of coming out for peace or for battle, while 1 Kings 18:21 frames two alternatives for whom the people should follow.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the conjunction visible with “if,” especially in conditional clauses such as 1 Kings 11:38 and 1 Samuel 12:14. Individual English renderings cannot be assigned mechanically to each occurrence.