1 Kings 21:7:131 Kgs.21.7.W13TAB
לִבֶּ֔ךָ
libekha
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BE-kha
- Extended
- lih-BEH-khah
- IPA
- /libˈbɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha
- clause
KUM e-KHAL-le-khem ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha a-NI e-TEN le-KHA et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
- sentence
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL KUM e-KHAL-le-khem ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha a-NI e-TEN le-KHA et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
Exegesis
The sequence of imperatives kum {קוּם | kūm} ‘arise’, ekhol {אֱכָל | ʾĕ-ḥāl} ‘eat’, and the jussive veyitav {וְיִטַב | wə-yit-tāḇ} ‘let be good’ directs mood and action with libekha {לִבֶּךָ | li-ḇē-ḵā} ‘your heart’ as the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, mind”
In context — 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel, his wife, said to him, “Are you now exercising kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be glad. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word לִבֶּ֔ךָ (libekha) 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.21.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.7.W13.S1) and character.