Leviticus 19:17:3Lev.19.17.W3TAB
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ
bilvavekha
“in your heart”
- Transliteration
- bil-va-VE-kha
- Extended
- bil-vah-VEH-kha
- IPA
- /bil.vaˈvɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
bil-va-VE-kha
- clause
lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha bil-va-VE-kha
- sentence
lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha bil-va-VE-kha ho-KHE-akh to-KHI-akh et-a-mi-TE-kha ve-lo-tis-SA a-LA-yv KHET
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lō} plus the Qal imperfect verb tisna {תִשְׂנָא | tiś-nāʼ}, creating an internal prohibition against hating one’s brother aḥîkha {אָחִיךָ | ʾaḥî-ḵā} in bilvavekha {בִּלְבָבֶךָ | bil-vā-vé-kā}.
In context — Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor , and you shall not bear sin because of him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:17, so the Hebrew word בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ (bilvavekha) 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 Lev.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.17.W3.S1) and character.