Proverbs 21:2:5Prov.21.2.W5TAB
לִבּ֣וֹת
libbot
“hearts”
- Transliteration
- lib-BOT
- Extended
- lihB-BOHT
- IPA
- /libˈboːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- hearts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lib-BOT
- phraseyour reading level
lib-BOT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-to-KHEN lib-BOT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
kal-de-rekh-ISH ya-SHAR be-E-NAV ve-to-KHEN lib-BOT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun levot {לִבּוֹת | lib-bōṯ} ‘hearts’ is the direct object, and YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} serves as the subject, creating an antithetic parallelism contrasting subjective human judgment with divine evaluation of motives.
Root and etymology
ל־ב
“heart, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 21:2
A person regards every way as right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 21:2, so the Hebrew word לִבּ֣וֹת (libbot) 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.21.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.2.W5.S1) and character.