Deuteronomy 18:21:3Deut.18.21.W3TAB
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ
bilvavekha
“in your heart”
- Transliteration
- bil-va-VE-kha
- Extended
- bil-vah-VEH-khah
- IPA
- /bil.vaˈvɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-va-VE-kha
- clause
ve-KHI to-MAR bil-va-VE-kha
- sentence
ve-KHI to-MAR bil-va-VE-kha ei-KHA ne-DA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER lo-di-ber-VO Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The imperfect verb tomar {תֹאמַר | tōʾmar} indicates anticipated internal speech, scoped by the prepositional phrase bilvavekha {בִּלְבָבֶךָ | bil-vā-ḇe-ḵā} ‘in your heart,’ highlighting private deliberation.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:21
And when you say in your heart, “How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 18:21, so the Hebrew word בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ (bilvavekha) 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 Deut.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.21.W3.S1) and character.