Ezekiel 20:16:12Ezek.20.16.W12TAB
לִבָּ֖ם
libbam
“their heart”
- Transliteration
- lib-BAM
- Extended
- lihb-BAAM
- IPA
- /libˈbɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
lib-BAM
- clause
KI a-kha-RE gil-lu-LE-hem lib-BAM ho-LEKH
- sentence
YA-an be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su ve-ET-khu-kO-tai lo-ha-le-KHU ba-HEM ve-ET-shab-be-TO-tai khil-le-LU KI a-kha-RE gil-lu-LE-hem lib-BAM ho-LEKH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki…acharei {כִּי…אַחֲרֵי | kî…ʾa-ḥă-rē} introduces a causal clause in which libam {לִבָּם | li-bām} ‘their heart’ and the participle ho-lekh {הֹלֵךְ | hō-lēḵ} ‘walking’ signal internal motivation culminating in gilluleihem {גִּלּוּלֵיהֶם | gil-lu-lei-hem} ‘their idols’. This syntax foregrounds the heart’s trajectory as the source of Israel’s comprehensive rebellion, preserved through parallel clauses and causal connectors in English.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ב
“heart”
In context — Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments and did not walk in my statutes, but they profaned my Sabbaths ; for their heart went after their idols .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:16, so the Hebrew word לִבָּ֖ם (libbam) 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.20.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.16.W12.S1) and character.