Jeremiah 16:12:10Jer.16.12.W10TAB
לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֔ע
libohara
“of his evil heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BO-ha-RA
- Extended
- lih-BOH-hah-RAA
- IPA
- /libˈboː.haːˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of his evil 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BO-ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA
- clause
ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
- sentence
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
Exegesis
The noun chain acharei sherirut libbo hara {אַֽחֲרֵי שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבּוֹ הָרָע | ʾa-ḥă-rê šə-rî-rût liḇ-bō hā-rāʿ} depicts willful pursuit of an evil inclination.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse than your fathers , and behold, each one of you walks after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to Me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֔ע (libohara) 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 Jer.16.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W10.S1) and character.