2 Samuel 19:7:52 Sam.19.7.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:8
עַל־לֵ֣ב
allev
“to the heart of”
- Transliteration
- al-LEV
- Extended
- ahl-LEEV
- IPA
- /ʕal.leːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the heart of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-LEV
- phraseyour reading level
al-LEV a-va-DE-kha
- clause
ve-a-TA KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-TA KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-lev {עַל־לֵב | ʿal-lēḇ} ‘to the heart’ directs focus to inner resolve, with avadeikha {עֲבָדֶיךָ | ʿa-vā-ḏə-yə-ḵā} ‘your servants’ denoting his loyal troops.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:7
And now, arise, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants, for by the LORD I have sworn. Surely if you do not go out, no man will stay with you tonight; and this will be worse for you than all the calamity that has come upon you from your youth until now.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־לֵ֣ב (allev) 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.19.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.7.W5.S1) and character.