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

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Result
לִ + בֶּ֔ + ךָ
li + be + kha
libekha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-BE-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.