Ezekiel 14:3:6Ezek.14.3.W6TAB
עַל־לִבָּ֔ם
allibbam
“upon their heart”
- Transliteration
- al-lib-BAM
- Extended
- ahl-lihb-BAAM
- IPA
- /ʕal.libˈbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-lib-BAM
- clause
ben-a-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le he-e-LU gi-lu-le-HEM al-lib-BAM u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NAM nat-NU NO-khakh pe-ne-HEM
- sentence
ben-a-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le he-e-LU gi-lu-le-HEM al-lib-BAM u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NAM nat-NU NO-khakh pe-ne-HEM ha-id-da-ROSH id-da-RESH la-HEM
Exegesis
The subject hā-ʼănāšîm hā-ʼēlleh {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה | hā-ʾă-nā-šîm hā-ʾēl-leh} “these men” is followed by the Hiphil verb hê-ʾĕlû {הֶעֱלוּ | hê-ʾĕ-lû} “they have lifted up,” taking gilû-lê-hem {גִלּוּלֵיהֶם | gil-lû-lê-hem} “their idols” with the prepositional phrase ʿal-lib-bām {עַל־לִבָּם | ʿal-lib-bām} “upon their heart,” highlighting internalized idolatry.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart”
In context — Ezekiel 14:3
Son of man, these men have placed their idols upon their heart, and the stumblingblock of their iniquity they have set before their faces. Should I indeed be inquired of at all by them?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־לִבָּ֔ם (allibbam) 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 Ezek.14.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.3.W6.S1) and character.