Judges 16:25:5Judg.16.25.W5TAB
לִבָּ֔ם
libbam
“their heart”
- Transliteration
- lib-BAM
- Extended
- lihbb-BAAM
- IPA
- /libˈbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lib-BAM
- phraseyour reading level
KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM
- clause
va-ye-HI KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM va-yo-ME-ru kir-E-U le-shim-SHON vi-sa-KHEK-la-NU
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI TOV ke-TOV lib-BAM va-yo-ME-ru kir-E-U le-shim-SHON vi-sa-KHEK-la-NU va-yik-re-U le-shim-SHON mib-BET ha-a-si-RIM ha-a-su-RIM va-ytsa-KHEK lif-ne-HEM va-ya-a-mi-DU o-TO BEN ha-am-mu-DIM
Exegesis
The clause ki-tov libbam {כִּ֤י־טוֹב לִבָּ֔ם | kî-ṭôw libbām} ‘when their heart was good’ functions as a temporal circumstantial clause indicating emotional disposition.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart”
In context — Judges 16:25
And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson from the prison house, and he entertained them. Then they set him between the pillars .
About this coordinate
Judges 16:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:25, so the Hebrew word לִבָּ֔ם (libbam) 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.16.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.25.W5.S1) and character.