2 Samuel 18:3:152 Sam.18.3.W15TAB
לֵ֔ב
lev
“heart”
- Transliteration
- LEV
- Extended
- LEEV
- IPA
- /ˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- heart
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
LEV
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-AM LO te-TSE KI IM-NOS na-NUS LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV ve-IM-ya-MU-tu khe-tsye-NU LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV KI-a-TA kha-MO-nu a-sa-RA a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-AM LO te-TSE KI IM-NOS na-NUS LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV ve-IM-ya-MU-tu khe-tsye-NU LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV KI-a-TA kha-MO-nu a-sa-RA a-la-FIM ve-a-TA TOV KI-ti-he-YE-la-NU me-IR la-ziR la-ZOR
Exegesis
The idiom lo-yashimu lev {לֹא־יָשִׂימוּ לֵב | lō–yā–šî–mû lêv} “they will not set {the} heart” means “not pay attention,” repeated with vkhi-yamutu ḥetzienu {וְכִי־יָמֻתוּ חֶצְיֵנוּ | wə·kî–yā·mû·tû ḥe·ṣī·ʾê·nû} “and if they die {our} half.”
Root and etymology
l-v-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner core, attention”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:3
But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee or are made to flee, they will not set their hearts upon us; even if half of us die, they will not set their hearts upon us. For now you are like ten thousand of us, so it is better that you give help to us from the city.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 18:3, so the Hebrew word לֵ֔ב (lev) 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.18.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.3.W15.S1) and character.