Genesis 18:5:4Gen.18.5.W4TAB
לִבְּכֶם֙
libbekhem
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- lib-be-KHEM
- Extended
- lihb-beh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /lib.bə.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lib-be-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM
- clause
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM
- sentence
ve-ek-KHA fat-LE-khem ve-sa-a-DU lib-be-KHEM a-KHAR ta-a-VO-ru ki-al-KEN a-var-TEM al-av-de-KHEM va-yo-me-RU KEN ta-a-SE ka-a-SHER dib-bar-TA
Exegesis
The verb phrase vesa'adu libkhem {וְסַעֲדוּ לִבְּכֶם | wə-sa-ʿă-dû lib-bə-ḵem} “and refresh your hearts” uses heart as a synecdoche for the inner person.
Root and etymology
“heart; inner self”
In context — Genesis 18:5
Let me bring a morsel of bread and refresh your hearts ; afterward you may pass on, for this reason you have passed by your servant. And they said, “So do, as you have spoken.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:5, so the Hebrew word לִבְּכֶם֙ (libbekhem) 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 Gen.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.5.W4.S1) and character.