Genesis 20:6:9Gen.20.6.W9TAB
בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ֙
vetamlevavkha
“in the integrity of your heart”
- Transliteration
- ve-tam-le-vav-KHA
- Extended
- veh-tahm-leh-vahv-KHAA
- IPA
- /və.taːm.lə.vaːv.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the integrity of your 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tam-le-vav-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ha-e-lo-HIM ba-kha-LOM GAM a-no-KHI ya-da-e-TI KI ve-tam-le-vav-KHA a-SI-ta ZOT va-e-khe-SOKH gam-a-no-KHI o-te-KHA me-kha-to-LI al-KEN lo-ne-ta-TI-kha li-ne-GO-a e-le-HA
Exegesis
The causal clause ki betam-levavkha asita zot {כִּי בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת | kî bə·tām·lə·ḇā·ḇe·kā ʿā·śî·tā zōt} ties the moral evaluation to his inner sincerity.
Root and etymology
t-m-mtav–mem–mem
“to be complete, to be blameless”
In context — Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, “Truly, I discerned that in the integrity of your heart you acted thus; and I, even I, restrained you from transgressing against Me. Therefore I did not permit you to touch her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 20:6, so the Hebrew word בְתָם־לְבָבְךָ֙ (vetamlevavkha) 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.20.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.6.W9.S1) and character.