Even if
Also if. Even in a situation where...
("A story about Rabbi Yochanan ben Matya, who said to his son: 'Go, hire workers for us.' He went and agreed to provide them with food, and when he returned to his father, his father said to him: 'My son, even if you make a feast for them like the feast of Solomon in his time, you have not fulfilled your obligation to them, for they are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' - Bava Metzia 7a)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֲפִלּוּ אִם
Definition (Hebrew)
גַּם אִם. אֲפִלּוּ בְּמַצָּב שֶׁבּוֹ...
("מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן מַתְיָא שֶׁאָמַר לִבְנוֹ צֵא שְׂכֹר לָנוּ פּוֹעֲלִים הָלַךְ וּפָסַק לָהֶם מְזוֹנוֹת, וּכְשֶׁבָּא אֵצֶל אָבִיו אָמַר לוֹ, בְּנִי, אֲפִלּוּ אִם אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה לָהֶם כִּסְעוּדַת שְׁלֹמֹה בִּשְׁעָתוֹ לֹא יָצָאתָ יְדֵי חוֹבָתְךָ עִמָּהֶן שֶׁהֵן בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב"- בָּבָא מְצִיעָא ז א)