2 Chronicles 6:7:22 Chr.6.7.W2TAB
עִם־לְבַ֖ב
imlevav
“with the heart of”
- Transliteration
- im-le-VAV
- Extended
- ihm-leh-VAV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ləˈvav/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the heart of
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-le-VAV
- clause
va-ye-HI im-le-VAV da-VID a-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI im-le-VAV da-VID a-VI liv-NOT BA-yit le-SHEM ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The phrase im-levav {עִם־לְבַב | ʿim-lə·ḇaḇ} ‘with the heart of’ forms a prepositional construct signaling inner resolve.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“inner heart”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:7
And it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a house for the name of the LORD , the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 6:7, so the Hebrew word עִם־לְבַ֖ב (imlevav) 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.6.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.7.W2.S1) and character.