2 Chronicles 20:33:72 Chr.20.33.W7TAB
לְבָבָ֔ם
levavam
“their heart”
- Transliteration
- le-va-VAM
- Extended
- leh-vah-VAAM
- IPA
- /ləvaːˈvaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
le-va-VAM
- phraseyour reading level
lo-he-KHI-nu le-va-VAM
- clause
ve-OD ha-AM lo-he-KHI-nu le-va-VAM le-lo-HI a-vo-TE-hem
- sentence
AKH ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru ve-OD ha-AM lo-he-KHI-nu le-va-VAM le-lo-HI a-vo-TE-hem
Exegesis
The collective subject ha-’ām {הָעָם | hā-’ām} ‘the people’ followed by the hiphil perfect lo-hekhinû {לֹא־הֵכִינוּ | lō-hê·ḵî·nû} ‘had not prepared’ and the prepositional phrase le-vavam {לְבָבָם | lə·ḇā·văm} ‘their heart’ expresses internal disposition.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:33
However, the high places were not removed, and the people still had not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:33, so the Hebrew word לְבָבָ֔ם (levavam) 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.20.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.33.W7.S1) and character.