Judges 19:9:24Judg.19.9.W24TAB

לְבָבֶ֔ךָ

levavekha

your heart

Transliteration
le-va-VE-kha
Extended
leh-vah-VEE-khaa
IPA
/ləvaːˈvɛ.xaː/

Meaning by language

English
your heart

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + בָ + בֶ֔ + ךָ
le + va + ve + kha
levavekha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-va-VE-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

  4. sentence

    va-YA-kam ha-ISH la-LE-khet HU u-pi-lag-SHO ve-na-a-RO va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

Exegesis

The verbless clause veyitav levavekha {וְיִיטַ֣ב לְבָבֶ֔ךָ | wəyaiṭāv lěḇāḇeḵha} ‘and it will be well with your heart’ underscores promised well-being.

Root and etymology

l-b-b

heart, inner being

In contextJudges 19:9

And the man rose up to go—he, his concubine, and his servant. But his father-in-law, the father of the girl, said to him, “Behold, please, the day has grown slack toward evening. Please spend the night; behold, the day is ending. Stay here and it will be well with your heart . In the morning you shall rise early for your journey, and you may go to your tent.”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:9:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Judges 19:9, so the Hebrew word לְבָבֶ֔ךָ (levavekha) 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.19.9.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.9.W24.S1) and character.