Proverbs 23:33:4Prov.23.33.W4TAB
וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗
velibekha
“and your heart”
- Transliteration
- ve-li-be-KHA
- Extended
- veh-lih-beh-KHAA
- IPA
- /vəlibːəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-li-be-KHA
- clause
ve-li-be-KHA ye-da-BER ta-he-pu-KHOT
- sentence
e-ne-KHA yi-re-U za-ROT ve-li-be-KHA ye-da-BER ta-he-pu-KHOT
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel coordinate clauses introduced by einekha {עֵינֶיךָ | ʿê-nê-kā} ‘your eyes’ and ve-libbekha {וְלִבְּךָ | wə-libbə-ḥā} ‘and your heart’.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner person”
In context — Proverbs 23:33
Your eyes will see strange things , and your heart will speak perverse things .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 23:33, so the Hebrew word וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ (velibekha) 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.23.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.33.W4.S1) and character.