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Job 11:13 אִם־֭אַתָּ֗ה הֲכִינֹ֣ותָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ אֵלָ֣יו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ 1. Transliteration ʾIm-ʾattāh hăkhînōtā libbekha, ûfāraśtā ʾēlāyw kappekha. 2. Literal Translation If you, you have prepared your heart, and you have spread out your palms toward Him. 3. Grammar Focus: The Conditional Doorway אִם The verse opens with אִם, meaning “if.” This small word opens a conditional doorway. It tells the reader that the sentence is not simply describing something. It is setting up a condition. Then comes אַתָּה, “you.” Hebrew does not always need to state the pronoun because the verb often already shows the person.… Learn Hebrew