Proverbs 6:25:3Prov.6.25.W3TAB
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ
bilvavekha
“in your heart”
- Transliteration
- bil-va-VE-kha
- Extended
- bihl-vah-VEH-khah
- IPA
- /bil.vaːˈvɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
bil-va-VE-kha
- clause
al-ta-KHMOD YOF-ya bil-va-VE-kha
- sentence
al-ta-KHMOD YOF-ya bil-va-VE-kha ve-al-ti-KA-kha be-af-a-PE-ha
Exegesis
The direct object yafehah {יָ֭פְיָהּ | yōp̄əhāh} ‘her beauty’ precedes the locative prepositional phrase bilvavekha {בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ | bilbəḇēḵā} ‘in your heart’, emphasizing the internalization of covetousness.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b
“heart, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 6:25
Do not desire her beauty in your heart , and do not let her capture you with her eyelids .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 6:25, so the Hebrew word בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ (bilvavekha) 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.6.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.25.W3.S1) and character.