Exodus 14:8:3Exod.14.8.W3TAB
אֶת־לֵ֤ב
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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Word in context
- word
et-LEV
- phraseyour reading level
et-LEV par-O
- clause
va-ye-kha-ZEK Ye-ho-VAH et-LEV par-O ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-yir-DOF a-kha-REI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-kha-ZEK Ye-ho-VAH et-LEV par-O ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-yir-DOF a-kha-REI be-NEI yis-ra-EL u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL yot-se-EEM be-YAD ra-MA
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks lev {לֵ֤ב | lēḇ} as the affected object. The repeated phrase acharei bnei Yisrael u-bnei Yisrael ‘after the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel’ uses repetition to emphasize Israel’s identity.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart”
In context — Exodus 14:8
And the LORD strengthened the heart of Pharaoh the king of Egypt and pursued the sons of Israel, but the sons of Israel went out with a high hand .
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־לֵ֤ב (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.14.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.8.W3.S1) and character.