2 Samuel 13:20:152 Sam.13.20.W15TAB
אֶת־לִבֵּ֖ךְ
etlibekh
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- et-li-BEKH
- Extended
- eht-lih-BEEKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.liˈbːeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your heart
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
et-li-BEKH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE va-TE-shev ta-MAR ve-sho-me-MA BET av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha
Exegesis
The direct object et {אֶת | ʾet} marks libeikh {לִבֵּךְ | lī-bê-ḵ} ‘your-heart’ as the locus of feeling, aimed toward ladavar hazeh {לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | la-dā-ḇār ha-żē} ‘to-the-matter-this’.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, emotional center”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:20
And Absalom, her brother, said to her, “Is it Amnon, your brother, who was with you? Now, my sister, be silent; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter .” So Tamar dwelled in the house of Absalom, her brother.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 13:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לִבֵּ֖ךְ (etlibekh) 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.13.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.20.W15.S1) and character.