2 Kings 23:25:72 Kgs.23.25.W7TAB
בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ
bekhollevavo
“with all his heart”
- Transliteration
- be-khol-le-va-VO
- Extended
- beh-khol-leh-vah-VOH
- IPA
- /bəχɔl.ləvaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with all his 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 | |
| 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
be-khol-le-va-VO
- phraseyour reading level
be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO
- clause
ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE
- sentence
ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE ve-a-kha-RAV lo-KAM ka-MO-hu
Exegesis
The anaphoric tricolon bekhol-levavo uvekhol-nafsho uvekhol-meʾodo {בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ | bə-ḵōl-lə-ḇā-ḇō ū-bə-ḵōl-nə-p̄ē-šō ū-bə-ḵōl-mə-ʾō-ḏō} ‘with all his heart, soul, and might’ stresses total devotion, echoing Deuteronomic covenant language.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b-b
“heart, inner being”
In context — 2 Kings 23:25
And there was no king like him before who turned to the LORD with all his heart , and with all his soul, and with all his might according to all the law of Moses; nor did any such arise after him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:25, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ (bekhollevavo) 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 Kgs.23.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.25.W7.S1) and character.