2 Chronicles 15:12:72 Chr.15.12.W7TAB
בְּכָל־לְבָבָ֖ם
bekhollevavam
“with all their heart”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-le-va-VAM
- Extended
- beh-KHOHL-leh-vah-VAAM
- IPA
- /bəχɔl.ləvaːˈvɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with all their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-le-va-VAM
- clause
be-KHOL-le-va-VAM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ba-be-RIT li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-hem be-KHOL-le-va-VAM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
Exegesis
Finally, the parallel prepositional constructions bə·ḵāl·lə·ḇā·ḇām {בְּכָל־לְבָבָם | bə·ḵāl·lə·ḇā·ḇām} ‘with all their heart’ and ū·ḇə·ḵāl·nap̄·šām {וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁם | ū·ḇə·ḵāl·nap̄·šām} ‘and with all their soul’ employ semantic parallelism to reinforce total devotion.
Root and etymology
RootLamed–Bet–Bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 15:12, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־לְבָבָ֖ם (bekhollevavam) 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.15.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.12.W7.S1) and character.