Proverbs 23:19:6Prov.23.19.W6TAB
לִבֶּֽךָ׃
libekha
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- li-BE-kha
- Extended
- lih-BEH-khoh
- IPA
- /libˈbɛxɔ/
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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Word in context
- word
li-BE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
bad-DE-rekh li-BE-kha
- clause
ve-a-SHER bad-DE-rekh li-BE-kha
- sentence
she-ma-a-TA ve-NI va-kha-KHAM ve-a-SHER bad-DE-rekh li-BE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase with the suffix-laden noun libbekha {לִבֶּךָ | lib-bê-ḵā} ‘your heart’ locates moral decision within the seat of cognition and will, preserving the terse Hebrew arrangement in English.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 23:19
Hear, my son, and be wise; and direct your heart to the way .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 23:19, so the Hebrew word לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (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.23.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.19.W6.S1) and character.