Hosea 14:5:8Hos.14.5.W8TABWLC Hosea 14:6
כַּלְּבָנֹֽון׃
khalevanon
“like Lebanon”
- Transliteration
- kha-le-va-NON
- Extended
- khah-leh-vah-NOHN
- IPA
- /xal.ləvaˈnoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- like Lebanon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-le-va-NON
- clause
ve-YAT sha-ra-SHAV kha-le-va-NON
- sentence
e-HE-ye kha-TAL le-yis-ra-EL yif-RAKH kha-sho-sha-NA ve-YAT sha-ra-SHAV kha-le-va-NON
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol vayyashresh {וַיַּשְׁרֵשׁ | wayyašrēš} ‘and he will root’ continues the sequence toward stability, with sharashav {שָׁרָשָׁיו | šārāšāw} ‘his roots’ and kallebanon {כַלְּבָנוֹן | kal-ləḇānôn} ‘like Lebanon’ forming the climactic comparison. The chaining of dew → lily → Lebanon builds from gentle nourishment through beauty to steadfast grounding.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b-n
“white”
In context — Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily, and he will take root like Lebanon .
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Hosea 14:5, so the Hebrew word כַּלְּבָנֹֽון׃ (khalevanon) 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.14.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.5.W8.S1) and character.