Exodus 14:17:4Exod.14.17.W4TAB
אֶת־לֵ֣ב
etlev
“the heart of”
- Transliteration
- et-LEV
- Extended
- eht-LEHV
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heart of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-LEV
- phraseyour reading level
et-LEV mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The Piel participle mechazzek {מְחַזֵּק | məḥazzēq} ‘hardening’ conveys intensive ongoing action, with et {אֶת | ʾet} marking the direct object and lev {לֵב | lēḇ} ‘heart’ as the seat of volition.
Root and etymology
“heart, inner self”
In context — Exodus 14:17
And I —behold, I am hardening the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will come after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לֵ֣ב (etlev) 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 Exod.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.17.W4.S1) and character.