Jeremiah 20:9:7Jer.20.9.W7TAB

בְלִבִּי֙

belibi

in my heart

Transliteration
be-li-BI
Extended
beh-lih-BEE
IPA
/bəliˈbbiː/

Meaning by language

English
in my heart

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + לִ + בִּי֙
be + li + bi
belibi

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-li-BI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA be-li-BI

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI ve-nil-E-ti kal-KEL ve-LO u-KHAL

Exegesis

The movement from bəlibbî {בְּלִבִּי | bə-libbî} ‘in my heart’ to bə-‘aṣ-mō-ṯāy {בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י | bə-‘aṣ-mō-ṯāy} ‘in my bones’ creates an inward-to-somatic escalation.

In contextJeremiah 20:9

And I said, “I will not mention Him , nor speak any more in His name. But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones , and I was weary with holding it in, and I could not endure.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 20:9, so the Hebrew word בְלִבִּי֙ (belibi) 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.20.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.9.W7.S1) and character.