1 Chronicles 15:29:201 Chr.15.29.W20TAB
בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃
beliba
“in her heart”
- Transliteration
- be-li-BA
- Extended
- beh-lih-BAA
- IPA
- /bəlibˈbaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-li-BA
- clause
u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-RON be-RIT ye-ho-VAH BA ad-I-r da-VID u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
Exegesis
The Piel participles meraked u-mesachek {מְרַקֵּד וּמְשַׂחֵק | me-raqqēḏ wə-mə-šaḥēq} ‘dancing and celebrating’ depict continuous praise, and the locative be-libbah {בְּלִבָּהּ | bə-lîbbāh} ‘in her heart’ designates the seat of contempt.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-bet
“heart”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:29
And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out through the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:29:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Chronicles 15:29, so the Hebrew word בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ (beliba) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.29.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.29.W20.S1) and character.