1 Kings 15:3:71 Kgs.15.3.W7TAB
לְבָב֤וֹ
levavo
“his heart”
- Transliteration
- le-va-VO
- Extended
- leh-vah-VOH
- IPA
- /ləvaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-va-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
In the negative copular clause wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw {וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה לְבָב֤וֹ שָׁלֵם֙ עִם־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו | wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw} ‘and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God’ the adjective šā-lēm conveys a contrastive lack of complete devotion.
Root and etymology
lamed–bet–betlamed–bet–bet
“inner person, heart”
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word לְבָב֤וֹ (levavo) 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 Kgs.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W7.S1) and character.