Ezekiel 21:15:3Ezek.21.15.W3TABWLC Ezekiel 21:20
לֵ֗ב
lev
“heart”
- Transliteration
- LEV
- Extended
- LEEV
- IPA
- /ˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- heart
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
LEV
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an la-MOG LEV
- sentence
le-MA-an la-MOG LEV ve-har-BE ha-mik-sho-LIM AL KOL-sha-a-re-HEM na-TA-ti iv-khat-KHA-rev AKH a-su-YA le-va-RAK me-u-TA le-TA-vakh
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect panah {פַּנָּה | pan-nāh} ‘faint’ takes lev {לֵב | lēḇ} ‘heart’ as its object, indicating a collapse of resolve.
Root and etymology
l-b-b
“heart, inner will”
In context — Ezekiel 21:15
So that their heart may faint, and to multiply the stumbling blocks at all their gates, I have set the flashing blade, sharpened for slaughter and prepared.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 21:15, so the Hebrew word לֵ֗ב (lev) 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.21.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.15.W3.S1) and character.