לָבַבlâbab

לבב: Niph`al: get a mind (Job 11:12)

Pronunciation: law-bab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3823

Meanings

Pi`el: encourage (Song of Solomon 4:9; Song of Solomon 5:6)

לבב: Pi`el: make cakes (2 Samuel 13:6; 2 Samuel 13:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon asked him, “Please let my sister Tamar come and cook my favorite dish as I watch. Then I can eat it from her own hands.”
  • 2 Samuel 13:8 When Tamar arrived at Amnon’s house, she went to the place where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough. Then she baked his favorite dish for him.
  • Job 11:12 An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
  • Song of Solomon 4:9 You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).