2 Samuel 17:10:42 Sam.17.10.W4TAB
לִבּ֛וֹ
libo
“his heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BO
- Extended
- lih-BOH
- IPA
- /libˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER li-BO
- clause
ve-HU gam-BEN-KHA-yil a-SHER li-BO ke-LEV ha-AR-ye hi-MES yi-MAS
- sentence
ve-HU gam-BEN-KHA-yil a-SHER li-BO ke-LEV ha-AR-ye hi-MES yi-MAS ki-yo-DE-a kol-yis-ra-EL ki-gi-BOR a-VI-kha u-ve-NE-KHA-yil a-SHER i-TO
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} introduces the simile libbô {לִבּוֹ | libbô} ‘his heart’ compared to kelev hā-ʾaryēh {כְּלֵ֥ב הָאַרְיֵ֖ה | kelev hā-ʾaryēh} ‘heart of a lion’.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart; inner being”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:10
Then even the man of valor , whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will surely melt away; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man , and that the sons of valor who are with him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:10, so the Hebrew word לִבּ֛וֹ (libo) 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.17.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.10.W4.S1) and character.