1 Samuel 17:32:51 Sam.17.32.W5TAB
לֵב־אָדָ֖ם
levadam
“heart of a man”
- Transliteration
- lev-a-DAM
- Extended
- leev-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /leːv.ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- heart of a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lev-a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
al-yip-POL lev-a-DAM
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-sha-UL al-yip-POL lev-a-DAM a-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-sha-UL al-yip-POL lev-a-DAM a-LAV av-de-KHA ye-LEKH ve-nil-KHAM im-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
Exegesis
The compound lev ʾādām {לֵב־אָדָם | lēb ʾādām} ‘heart of man’ denotes inner resolve, and ʿalāyw {עָלָיו | ʿalāyw} ‘because of him’ specifies cause.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:32
David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart falter because of him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:32, so the Hebrew word לֵב־אָדָ֖ם (levadam) 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 Sam.17.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.32.W5.S1) and character.