Proverbs 23:7:10Prov.23.7.W10TAB
וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ
velivbo
“and his heart”
- Transliteration
- ve-liv-BO
- Extended
- veh-lihb-BOH
- IPA
- /vəlibˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-liv-BO
- clause
ve-liv-BO bal-im-MAKH
- sentence
KI ke-MO sha-AR be-naf-SHO ken-HU e-KHOL u-she-TE yo-MAR LAKH ve-liv-BO bal-im-MAKH
Exegesis
The adversative clause begins with ve-libbo {וְלִבּוֹ | wəlîbbô} ‘but his heart’, employs the poetic negation bal {בַל | bāl} ‘not’ to stress contrast, and concludes with im-makh {עִמָּךְ | ʿimmāḵ} ‘with you’, exemplifying wisdom parallelism and the antithesis between appearance and reality.
Root and etymology
l-blamed–bet
“heart, mind, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 23:7
For as he calculates in his soul, so is he; “Eat and drink,” he will say to you, but his heart is not with you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Proverbs 23:7, so the Hebrew word וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ (velivbo) 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.23.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.7.W10.S1) and character.