2 Chronicles 16:9:72 Chr.16.9.W7TAB
עִם־לְבָבָ֥ם
imlevavam
“with their heart”
- Transliteration
- IM-le-va-VAM
- Extended
- ihm-leh-vah-VAAM
- IPA
- /ˈʕim.ləvaːˈvaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
IM-le-va-VAM
- phraseyour reading level
IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM
- clause
KI Ye-ho-VAH E-NA-v me-sho-te-TOT be-KHOL-ha-A-rets le-hit-kha-ZEK IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM e-LAV nis-kal-TA AL-zot
- sentence
KI Ye-ho-VAH E-NA-v me-sho-te-TOT be-KHOL-ha-A-rets le-hit-kha-ZEK IM-le-va-VAM sha-LEM e-LAV nis-kal-TA AL-zot KI me-AT-ta YESH im-me-KHA mil-kha-MOT
Exegesis
The purpose is expressed by the infinitive with lamed, lehitkhazzek {לְהִתְחַזֵּק | ləhiṯḥazzēq} ‘to show Himself strong / to act powerfully’, with the preposition im {עִם | ʿim} tying His strengthening action to a particular kind of person: those characterized by levav ...
shalem {לְבָבָם שָׁלֵם | ləḇāḇām šālēm} ‘a whole/undivided heart’ and oriented elav {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw} ‘toward Him’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD range throughout all the earth to show Himself strong with those whose heart is whole toward Him. You have acted foolishly concerning this; for from now on, wars will be with you.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 16:9, so the Hebrew word עִם־לְבָבָ֥ם (imlevavam) 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.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.9.W7.S1) and character.