Proverbs 5:12:7Prov.5.12.W7TAB
לִבִּֽי׃
libi
“my heart”
- Transliteration
- LI-bi
- Extended
- LIH-bih
- IPA
- /ˈlib.biː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LI-bi
- phraseyour reading level
NA-ats LI-bi
- clause
ve-to-KHA-khat NA-ats LI-bi
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta EKH sa-NE-ti mu-SAR ve-to-KHA-khat NA-ats LI-bi
Exegesis
The pronominal suffix on libbi {לִבִּי | lib-bî} ‘my heart’ highlights the internal attitude, and the vav-conjunction on tochachat creates an additive emphasis on the depth of rejection.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner person”
In context — Proverbs 5:12
And you will say, “How I hated discipline , and my heart despised correction !”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 5:12, so the Hebrew word לִבִּֽי׃ (libi) 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.5.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.12.W7.S1) and character.