Hosea 14:7:10Hos.14.7.W10TABWLC Hosea 14:8

לְבָנ֣וֹן׃

levanon

of Lebanon

Transliteration
le-va-NON
Extended
leh-vah-NOHN
IPA
/ləvaːˈnoːn/

Meaning by language

English
of Lebanon

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + בָ + נ֣וֹן׃
le + va + non
levanon

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-NON

  2. sentence

    ya-SHU-vu yo-she-VE be-tsi-LO ye-kha-YU da-GAN ve-yif-re-kha-VU ka-GE-fen zi-khe-RO ke-YEN le-va-NON

Exegesis

Two comparative similes, ka-gāpen {כַּגָּ֔פֶן | ka-gāpen} “like the vine” and kə-yên lə-ḇānôn {כְּיֵ֥ין לְבָנֽוֹן | kə-yên lə-ḇānôn} “like wine from Lebanon,” reinforce the promise of abundance.

Root and etymology

Rootl-b-n

white

In contextHosea 14:7

They will return; those who dwell in his shadow will revive like grain , and they will blossom like the vine; its remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Hosea 14:7, so the Hebrew word לְבָנ֣וֹן׃ (levanon) 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.14.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.7.W10.S1) and character.