Ezekiel 14:5:4Ezek.14.5.W4TAB
בְּלִבָּ֑ם
belibam
“in their heart”
- Transliteration
- be-li-BAM
- Extended
- beh-lih-BAHM
- IPA
- /bəlibˈbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-li-BAM
- clause
le-MA-an te-FOS ET-BET-yis-ra-EL be-li-BAM
- sentence
le-MA-an te-FOS ET-BET-yis-ra-EL be-li-BAM a-SHER na-ZO-ru me-a-LAI be-gi-lu-LE-hem ku-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase belibam {בְּלִבָּם | bə-libb-ām} ‘in their heart’ localizes the action internally.
Root and etymology
ל-ב
“heart, inner self”
In context — Ezekiel 14:5
So that I may seize the house of Israel in their heart, for they have all become estranged from Me by their idols .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 14:5, so the Hebrew word בְּלִבָּ֑ם (belibam) 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.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.5.W4.S1) and character.