Numbers 15:39:13Num.15.39.W13TAB
לְבַבְכֶם֙
levavkhem
“your own heart”
- Transliteration
- le-vav-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-vav-KHEM
- IPA
- /ləvavˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your own heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vav-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM
- clause
ve-LO-ta-TU-ru a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM ve-a-kha-REI ei-NEI-khem a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM a-kha-REI-hem
- sentence
ve-ha-YA la-KHEM le-tsi-TSET u-re-i-TEM o-TO uz-khar-TEM et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH va-a-si-TEM o-TAM ve-LO-ta-TU-ru a-kha-REI le-vav-KHEM ve-a-kha-REI ei-NEI-khem a-SHER-a-TEM zo-NIM a-kha-REI-hem
Exegesis
The merism aḥarei levavkhem wə-aḥarei eineikhem {אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם | ’a-ḥă-rē-y lə-ḇaḇ-khem wə-’a-ḥă-rē-y ’ê-nêy-khem} ‘after your hearts and after your eyes’ expresses inner desires and external temptations.
Root and etymology
RootLamed–Bet–Bet
“heart, inner person”
In context — Numbers 15:39
And it shall be to you for tassels, so that you will look at them and remember all the commandments of the LORD , and you will do them and not follow after your hearts and after your eyes, which lead you astray.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:39:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 15:39, so the Hebrew word לְבַבְכֶם֙ (levavkhem) 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 Num.15.39.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.39.W13.S1) and character.