Proverbs 14:33:1Prov.14.33.W1TAB
בְּלֵ֣ב
belev
“in the heart of”
- Transliteration
- be-LEV
- Extended
- beh-LEEV
- IPA
- /bəˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the heart of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-LEV
- clause
be-LEV na-VON ta-NU-akh khokh-MA
- sentence
be-LEV na-VON ta-NU-akh khokh-MA u-ve-KE-rev ke-si-LIM ti-va-DE-a
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetical parallelism with two locative prepositional phrases: belev {בְּלֵב | bə-lēḇ} ‘in the heart’ paired with navon {נָבוֹן | nā-vōn} ‘discerning’, and uveqerev {וּבְקֶרֶב | wə-bə-qə-rêḇ} ‘in the midst’ paired with kesilim {כְּסִילִים | kə-śî-lîm} ‘fools’.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, inner being”
In context — Proverbs 14:33
In the heart of the discerning , wisdom rests; but in the midst of fools, it is made known.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 14:33, so the Hebrew word בְּלֵ֣ב (belev) 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 Prov.14.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.33.W1.S1) and character.