Proverbs 23:12:3Prov.23.12.W3TAB
לִבֶּ֑ךָ
libekha
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BE-kha
- Extended
- lih-BEH-khaa
- IPA
- /libˈbɛ.χaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your heart
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-BE-kha
- clause
ha-VI-a la-mu-SAR li-BE-kha
- sentence
ha-VI-a la-mu-SAR li-BE-kha ve-a-ze-NE-kha le-i-me-re-DA-at
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hiphil imperative havi’ah {הָבִ֣יאָה | hā·vî·ʾāh} ‘bring’, which governs the goal phrase la·mû·sār lĭb·bĕ·ḵā {לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ | la·mû·sār li·bĕ·ḵā} ‘to discipline your heart’.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 23:12
Bring your heart to instruction , and your ears to the sayings of knowledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 23:12, so the Hebrew word לִבֶּ֑ךָ (libekha) 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.23.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.12.W3.S1) and character.