Lexical Definition

‎אֵפוֹ‎ ʼêphôw (ay-fo') then ^H:Part
or אֵפוֹא ʼêphôwʼ (ay-fo'); from ‎פֹּה‎

here, now, where?

• strictly a demonstrative particle, here
• but used of time, now or then

1) then, now, so
1a) (who) then, (what) then (with interrog)
1b) then (with imperative-i.e. know then)
1c) if...then (with adv)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵפוֺ‎ (Job 17:15; Job 19:6; Job 19:23; Job 24:25), elsewhere ‎אֵפוֺא‎ (compare ‎רִבּוֺ‎ and ‎רִבּוֺא‎ ), enclitic particle then (probably from ‎פּוֺ‎, a particle with a demonstrative force, compare ‎פּוֺ‎, ‎פֹּה‎ here, with ‎א‎ prefixed. In the Targs. ‎פּוֺן‎ is used somewhat similarly, e.g. Gen 26:10; Num 11:29; Isa 1:9; Isa 48:18; Isa 48:19), — used

1. in connection with interrogatory pronouns or adverbs (like ἄρα, ποτε tandem): ‎מִי אֵפוֺא‎ Gen 27:3 who, then, . . . ? vGen 27:37 ‎וּלְכָה אֵפוֺא מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה‎ and for thee, then, what shall I do, my son ? Exod 33:16 ‎וּבַמֶּה יִוָּדַע אֵפוֺא‎ and wherein shall it be known, then...? ‎אַיה אֵפוֺא‎ where, then ? Judg 9:38; Isa 19:12; Job 17:15; Hos 13:10 ‎אֱהִי מַלְכְךָ אֵפוֺא‎ Isa 22:1 ‎מַהלָּֿח אֵפוֺא‎ what is there to thee, pray. . .?

2. in a command or wish : 2Kgs 10:10 ‎דְּעוּ אֵפוֺא‎ ? know, then; (in apodosis) Prov 6:3; Job 19:6; Job 19:23 ‎מִיּיִֿתֵּן אֵפוֺ וְיִכָּֽתְבוּן מִלָּי֑‎ would, then, that my words were written !

3. after ‎אִם‎ Gen 43:11 ‎אִםכֵּֿן אֵפוֺא זאֹת עֲשׂו‎ if it be so, then, do this, Job 9:24 if not then, who is it ? Job 24:25.

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