Exodus 14:4:2Exod.14.4.W2TAB
אֶת־לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֮
etlevparoh
“the heart of Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- et-lev-par-OH
- Extended
- eht-lehv-par-OH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.leːv.par.ˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heart of Pharaoh
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-lev-par-OH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khiz-zak-TI et-lev-par-OH
- clause
ve-khiz-zak-TI et-lev-par-OH ve-rah-DAF a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-par-OH oo-ve-khol-KHE-lo ve-yah-de-OO mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-khiz-zak-TI et-lev-par-OH ve-rah-DAF a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-par-OH oo-ve-khol-KHE-lo ve-yah-de-OO mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-soo-KHEN
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} attaches to the construct lev Par‘oh {לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֮ | lēb pə-rō-ʿô} ‘Pharaoh’s heart’, specifying the locus of divine action.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, mind”
In context — Exodus 14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart , and he will pursue them. Then I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD . And they did so.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֮ (etlevparoh) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.4.W2.S1) and character.