Daniel 5:22:7Dan.5.22.W7TAB
לִבְבָ֑ךְ
livvakh
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- liv-va-KH
- Extended
- lihv-vah-KH
- IPA
- /liv.vaˈx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-va-KH
- clause
ve-an-TA ve-ANT be-REH bel-sha-TSAR LA hash-PELT liv-va-KH
- sentence
ve-an-TA ve-ANT be-REH bel-sha-TSAR LA hash-PELT liv-va-KH KAL-ko-VEL DI KAL-de-NA ye-DAT-ta
Exegesis
The negative particle la {לָ֥א | lāʾ} negates the Haphil perfect hashpelta {הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ | haš-pēl-ta} ‘you humbled,’ with livvakh {לִבְבָ֑ךְ | liv-vāḵ} ‘your heart’ as object.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b-b
“heart, inner self”
In context — Daniel 5:22
Yet you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 5:22, so the Hebrew word לִבְבָ֑ךְ (livvakh) 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 Dan.5.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.22.W7.S1) and character.