Deuteronomy 20:8:15Deut.20.8.W15TAB
אֶת־לְבַ֥ב
etlevav
“the heart”
- Transliteration
- et-le-VAV
- Extended
- eht-leh-VAHV
- IPA
- /ʔet.ləˈvav/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-le-VAV
- phraseyour reading level
et-le-VAV e-KHA-v
- clause
ve-LO yi-MAS et-le-VAV e-KHA-v kil-va-VO
- sentence
ve-yas-FU ha-sho-TREEM le-da-BER el-ha-AM ve-am-RU mi-ha-ISH ha-ya-RE ve-RAKH hal-le-VAV ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to ve-LO yi-MAS et-le-VAV e-KHA-v kil-va-VO
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:8
And the officers shall address the people again and say, “Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted ? Let him go and return to his house so that he does not cause the heart of his brothers to melt like his own.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לְבַ֥ב (etlevav) 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.20.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.8.W15.S1) and character.