Proverbs 7:25:3Prov.7.25.W3TAB

לִבֶּ֑ךָ

libekha

your heart

Transliteration
li-BE-kha
Extended
lih-BEH-khaa
IPA
/libˈbɛ.xaː/

Meaning by language

English
your heart

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Result
לִ + בֶּ֑ + ךָ
li + be + kha
libekha

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-BE-kha

  2. clause

    al-YES-te el-de-ra-KHE-ha li-BE-kha

  3. sentence

    al-YES-te el-de-ra-KHE-ha li-BE-kha al-TE-ta bi-ne-ti-VO-te-ha

Exegesis

The verse employs a double jussive prohibition with al {אַל | ʾal} ‘do not’ followed by yēśeṭ {יֵשְׂטְ | yēśeṭ} governing libbĕkhā {לִבֶּךָ | libbĕḵā} ‘your heart’ plus the prepositional phrase ʾel dǝrāḵêhā {אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ | ʾel dǝrāḵêhā}, forming an inner deviation clause.

Root and etymology

l-b-blamed–bet–bet

heart, inner person

In contextProverbs 7:25

Do not let your heart turn toward her ways; do not wander into her paths .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 7:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:25, so the Hebrew word לִבֶּ֑ךָ (libekha) 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.7.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.25.W3.S1) and character.