וּלְבָב֜וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְבָב֜וֹ

   u-le-va-VO

   and his heart
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO

   and will stir up his power and his heart
3. clause🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very
4. sentence🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד כִּֽי־יַחְשְׁב֥וּ עָלָ֖יו מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD ve-LO ya-a-MOD ki-yakh-she-VU a-LA-v ma-kha-sha-VOT

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very and not will stand for they will devise against him plans

Exegesis

The coordinated objects kocho u-levavo {כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ | kō-āḥō u-lə-ḇā-ṿō} ‘his strength and his heart’ function as a merism for external military power and internal resolve.

Root and etymology

l-b-b🔊 ל־ב־בlamed–bet–bet

“heart, inner being”

• 🔊 לֵבlebheartDeuteronomy 6:5