Judges 16:15:6Judg.16.15.W6TAB
וְלִבְּךָ֖
velibbekha
“and your heart”
- Transliteration
- ve-lib-BE-kha
- Extended
- veh-lihb-BEH-khah
- IPA
- /vəliˈbːəxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lib-BE-kha
- clause
va-to-MER e-LAV EKH to-MAR a-hav-TIKH ve-lib-BE-kha EN it-TI
- sentence
va-to-MER e-LAV EKH to-MAR a-hav-TIKH ve-lib-BE-kha EN it-TI ZE sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM he-TAL-ta BI ve-LO-hi-GAD-ta LI bam-ME KO-kha-kha ga-DOL
Exegesis
The interrogative eikh {אֵיךְ | ʾêyk} ‘how’ issues a challenge, immediately followed by the parallel clause “and your heart is not with me,” where velibekha {וְלִבְּךָ | wə-lî-vê-kha} ‘your heart’ conveys relational intimacy.
Root and etymology
“heart, inner self”
In context — Judges 16:15
And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have deceived me, and you have not told me by what your strength is so great.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:15, so the Hebrew word וְלִבְּךָ֖ (velibbekha) 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 Judg.16.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.15.W6.S1) and character.