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title: לְבַב — heart · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: לְבַב (lemma:לְבַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: heart. BDB 1906: n.m. heart. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְבַב

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«לְבַב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **heart** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:לְבַב · **BDB:** לְבַב

### Glosses

heart (5); a.heart (1); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. heart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 4:13 heart (v. BH; so Egyptian Aramaic S-CB 12 + );—cstr. ל׳ Dn 4:13; 7:4; sf. לִבְבָךְ 2:30; 5:22, -בֵהּ 4:13; 5:20, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְבַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d1_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.22/)

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וְאַ֤נְתְּ בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ כָּל־קֳבֵ֕ל דִּ֥י כָל־דְּנָ֖ה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* and you son his O.Belshazzar not you.have.brought.low heart your as to because that all this you.knew

*JPS 1917:* And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

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[Daniel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.13/)

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לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.\[the\] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it

*JPS 1917:* Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

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