Hebrew · Strong's H3823
לָבַב
labablaw-bab'
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify
1890 spelling: lâbab
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
Rendered in the KJV as
make cakes, ravish, be wise.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב1
- וּתְלַבֵּ֤ב1
- יִלָּבֵ֑ב1
- לִבַּבְתִּ֙ינִי֙1
- לִבַּבְתִּ֖נִי1
How it is rendered · 4
- you have stolen heart my2
- and let her make cakes1
- and she made cakes1
- he will become intelligent1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- HC/Vpu3fs1
- Hc/Vpw3fs1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpp2fs/Sp1bs · 2
- HC/Vpu3fs · 1
- Hc/Vpw3fs · 1
- HVNi3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 13:6וּתְלַבֵּ֤בutelabevHC/Vpu3fsSo Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”here: and let her make cakes
- 2 Samuel 13:8וַתְּלַבֵּ֣בvatelabevHc/Vpw3fsSo Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.here: and she made cakes
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 4:9לִבַּבְתִּ֖נִיlibavtiniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.here: you have stolen heart my
- Song of Solomon 4:9לִבַּבְתִּ֙ינִי֙libavtiniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.here: you have stolen heart my