2 Samuel 13:10:112 Sam.13.10.W11TAB
אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת֙
ethallevivot
“the cakes or the heart-shaped pastries”
- Transliteration
- et-hal-le-vi-VOT
- Extended
- eht-hahl-leh-vih-VOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hal.ləviˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cakes or the heart-shaped pastries
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-hal-le-vi-VOT
- clause
va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR et-hal-le-vi-VOT a-SHER a-sa-TA va-ta-VE le-am-NON a-KHI-ha he-KHA-de-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer am-NON el-ta-MAR ha-vi-I ha-bir-YA ha-KHE-der ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DEKH va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR et-hal-le-vi-VOT a-SHER a-sa-TA va-ta-VE le-am-NON a-KHI-ha he-KHA-de-ra
Exegesis
The particle et-hallevivot {אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת֙ | ʾet-ha-lə-ḇî-voṯ} marks the definite object “the cakes,” and the prepositional phrase miyadekh {מִיָּדֵ֑ךְ | miyyā-ḏeḥ} underscores a personal role.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:10
And Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the dish into the room so that I may eat from your hand .” Then Tamar took the cakes that she had made and brought them to her brother Amnon in the room.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת֙ (ethallevivot) 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 Sam.13.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.10.W11.S1) and character.