Deuteronomy 19:6:7Deut.19.6.W7TAB
לְבָבוֹ֒
levavo
“his heart”
- Transliteration
- le-va-VO
- Extended
- leh-vah-VOH
- IPA
- /ləvaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-va-VO
- clause
pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh
- sentence
pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh ve-LO EIN mish-PAT-MA-vet KI LO so-NE HU LO mit-moL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
Yē-ḥam levavo {יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ | yē-ḥam lə-bā-ḇō} with vehisigo {וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ | wə-ḥiś-śî-gō} and ki-yirbeh ha-derekh {כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ | kî-yir-bē ha-də-rēḵ} constructs two causal clauses: the first conveys emotional intensity, the second highlights the long road enabling pursuit.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:6
Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer because his heart grows hot and he overtakes him—since the road is long—and strikes him so that he dies, though to him there is no judgment of death, for he did not hate him in time past, neither yesterday nor the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 19:6, so the Hebrew word לְבָבוֹ֒ (levavo) 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.19.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.6.W7.S1) and character.