2 Chronicles 12:14:62 Chr.12.14.W6TAB
לִבּ֔וֹ
libo
“his heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BO
- Extended
- lih-BOH
- IPA
- /libˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BO
- clause
KI LO he-KHIN li-BO li-de-ROSH ET-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA KI LO he-KHIN li-BO li-de-ROSH ET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Libbô {לִבּוֹ | lib-bō} ‘his heart’ functions as the volitional subject of the Qal infinitive lidrôš {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-drôš} ‘to seek’, forming a purpose/result clause.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 12:14, so the Hebrew word לִבּ֔וֹ (libo) 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 2 Chr.12.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.14.W6.S1) and character.