Proverbs 23:17:2Prov.23.17.W2TAB
לִ֭בְּךָ
libekha
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BE-kha
- Extended
- lih-BEH-khaa
- IPA
- /livˈbəxaː/
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
al-ye-kan-NE li-BE-kha ba-khat-ta-IM
- sentence
al-ye-kan-NE li-BE-kha ba-khat-ta-IM KI IM-be-yi-re-AT-ye-ho-VAH kol-ha-YOM
Exegesis
The verse presents a bipartite directive, opening with the prohibitive particle al {אַל | ʾal} ‘do not’ combined with yeqannēʾ {יְקַנֵּא | yeqannēʾ} ‘let envy’ to address libbĕkā {לִבְּךָ | libbĕkā} ‘your heart’, understood as the locus of inward inclination.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners , but remain in the fear of the LORD all day long.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:17, so the Hebrew word לִ֭בְּךָ (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.23.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.17.W2.S1) and character.