Proverbs 24:17:7Prov.24.17.W7TAB
לִבֶּֽךָ׃
libbekha
“your heart”
- Transliteration
- lib-BE-kha
- Extended
- lihb-BEH-khah
- IPA
- /libˈbɛxaː/
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
lib-BE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
al-ya-GEL lib-BE-kha
- clause
u-vik-KA-shlo al-ya-GEL lib-BE-kha
- sentence
bin-FOL o-vei-KHA o-YIV-kha al-tis-MAKH u-vik-KA-shlo al-ya-GEL lib-BE-kha
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vav appears in uvikkashlo {וּבִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ | ū-bik-kā-šə-lō} ‘and in his stumbling’ to structure the second parallel clause, which employs the jussive form yagel {יָגֵ֥ל | yā-ḡēl} ‘be glad’ with libekha {לִבֶּךָ | lī-be-ḵā} ‘your heart’ as the experiential subject. This chiastic arrangement and repetition of negatives create emphatic moral restraint and highlight the inward focus of the emotional response.
Root and etymology
ל־ב
“heart, inner man”
In context — Proverbs 24:17
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 24:17, so the Hebrew word לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (libbekha) 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.24.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.17.W7.S1) and character.