Judges 19:3:6Judg.19.3.W6TAB
עַל־לִבָּהּ֙
alliba
“to her heart or to her mind”
- Transliteration
- al-li-BA
- Extended
- ahl-lih-BAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.libˈbaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her heart or to her mind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-li-BA
- phraseyour reading level
le-dab-BER al-li-BA
- clause
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM va-te-vi-E-hu BET a-VI-ha va-yir-E-hu a-VI han-na-a-RA va-yis-MAKH lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive lə-da-bēr {לְדַבֵּ֤ר | lə-da-bēr} combined with the idiomatic phrase ʿal-libbāh {עַל־לִבָּהּ֙ | ʿal-libbāh} ‘to her heart’ expresses purpose in persuasion.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — Judges 19:3
Then her husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart , to bring her back, accompanied by his servant and a pair of donkeys. She led him into her father’s house, and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 19:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־לִבָּהּ֙ (alliba) 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.19.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.3.W6.S1) and character.