1 Chronicles 22:7:81 Chr.22.7.W8TAB
עִם־לְבָבִ֔י
imlevavi
“with my heart”
- Transliteration
- im-le-va-VI
- Extended
- ihm-leh-vaa-VEE
- IPA
- /ʕim.ləvaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with my heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
im-le-va-VI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA im-le-va-VI
- clause
ve-NO be-NI a-NI ha-YA im-le-va-VI li-veh-NOT BA-yit le-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID li-she-lo-MO ve-NO be-NI a-NI ha-YA im-le-va-VI li-veh-NOT BA-yit le-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The idiom ʿim-levavī {עִם־לְבָבִי | ʿim-lə-vā-vî} ‘with my heart’ conveys personal resolve.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, inner will”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:7
And David said to Solomon his son, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God .”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 22:7, so the Hebrew word עִם־לְבָבִ֔י (imlevavi) 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.22.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.7.W8.S1) and character.