Jeremiah 18:12:8Jer.18.12.W8TAB
לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע
libohara
“of his heart, the evil”
- Transliteration
- li-BO-ha-RA
- Extended
- lih-BOH-hah-RAA
- IPA
- /libˈboː.haːˈʀaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of his heart, the evil
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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Word in context
- word
li-BO-ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA
- clause
ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE
- sentence
ve-o-me-RU no-ASH ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE
Exegesis
The construct chain ve’îš šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ {וְאִישׁ שְׁרִרוּת לִבּוֹ־הָרָע | wə’îš šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ} ‘and each man the stubbornness of his evil heart’ links each individual (ve’îš) with moral resolve through šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ, highlighting defiant will. English SVO order clarifies the causative and volitional structure.
Root and etymology
lamed–bet–betlamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — Jeremiah 18:12
But they said, "There is no hope; for we will follow our own plans , and each man will do the stubbornness of his evil heart."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 18:12, so the Hebrew word לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע (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.18.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.12.W8.S1) and character.