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# לָבַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3823

**encourage** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

encourage [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לבב²: vb. denom. get mind encourage [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. Impf. יִלָּבֵב get a mind; וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד shall an empty man get a mind or a wild ass’s colt be born a man? Jb 11:12. encourage; Pf. לִבַּבְתִּנִי … לִבַּבְתִּנִי בְּאַחַד֯ מֵעֵינַיִךְ Ct 4:9(×2) thou hast encouraged me, thou hast encouraged me with one of thine eyes Ew Gi Gr RVm (AV RV Ges Hi De Öt (cf. 5:6) ravished my heart,—Pi. priv. Ges§ 52 h).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you (2); he will get understanding (1).

## In the verses

[Job 11:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.12/#tree)

וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and a.person hollow he.will.get.understanding and a.male.donkey of.a.wild.donkey a.human.being it.will.be.born

*JPS 1917:* But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

[Song of Songs 4:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.9/#tree)

לִבַּבְתִּ֖נִי אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה לִבַּבְתִּ֙ינִי֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת מֵעֵינַ֔יִךְ בְּאַחַ֥ד עֲנָ֖ק מִצַּוְּרֹנָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* you have.stolen.my.heart my.sister my bride you have.stolen.my.heart with one of eyes your with one necklace of necklaces your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3823.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3823/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).