לבב

From the root ל־ב־ב (l-b-b). From Proto-Semitic *libb-.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /leˈvav/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /leɪˈvɔv/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /leˈvɔv/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /leˈvɔv/

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לֵבָב • (leváv) m (plural indefinite לֵבָבוֹת, singular construct לְבַב־) [pattern: קֵטָל]

1. (flowery or dated) a heart
   • Tanach, Psalms 104:15, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְֽבַב־אֱנוֹשׁ לְהַצְהִיל פָּנִים מִשָּׁמֶן וְלֶחֶם לְֽבַב־אֱנוֹשׁ יִסְעָֽד׃

     and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

• (more common) לֵב (lev)

• כלבבי

לִבֵּב • (libév) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ליבב

• H3824 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible