if

1. conditional clauses

   1. of possible situations

   2. of impossible situations

2. oath contexts

   1. no, not

3. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

4. when, whenever

5. since

6. interrogative particle

7. but rather

Arpad or Arphad = "I shall be spread out (or supported)"

1. a city in northern Syria cited as an example of the Assyrian conquest

Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver"

1. an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem

Hamath = "fortress"

1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes

   proper masculine noun

2. father of the house of Rechab

Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"

1. a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod

   1. maybe modern 'Niffer'

2. an Assyrian city near Aleppo

   1. maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"

1. a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

Samaria = "watch mountain"

1. the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam

2. the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem