Hosea 13:8:6Hos.13.8.W6TAB
לִבָּ֑ם
libam
“of their heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BAM
- Extended
- lih-BAAM
- IPA
- /liˈbbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BAM
- phraseyour reading level
se-GOR li-BAM
- clause
ef-ge-SHEM ke-DOV shak-KUL ve-ek-RA se-GOR li-BAM
- sentence
ef-ge-SHEM ke-DOV shak-KUL ve-ek-RA se-GOR li-BAM ve-ok-LEM SHAM ke-la-VI kha-YAT ha-sa-DE te-vak-KEM
Exegesis
The phrase segor libbam {סְג֣וֹר לִבָּ֑ם | səgôr libbām} is a compact noun phrase that pictures the heart as having an enclosing cover; English “covering” preserves the violent image without forcing a specific anatomical term.
Root and etymology
l-b
“heart, inner being”
In context — Hosea 13:8
I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, and the beast of the field will rip them open.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Hosea 13:8, so the Hebrew word לִבָּ֑ם (libam) 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 Hos.13.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.8.W6.S1) and character.