וַ/תְּלַבֵּ֣ב
𐤅/𐤕𐤋𐤁𐤁
lâbab
and made cakes
To encourage, invigorate, or embolden; to stimulate emotional or mental faculties, often with the nuance of enlivening or causing the 'heart' (seat of intellect and emotion) to be stirred. In derived or denominative uses, to make or prepare round cakes (from לָבִיבָה). In certain contexts, it can mean to charm, captivate, or even to lead astray emotionally or mentally, whether for good or ill, depending on context.
2 Samuel 13:8 · Word #13
Lexicon H3823
| Lemma | לָבַב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤋𐤁𐤁 |
| Transliteration | lâbab |
| Strong's | H3823 |
| Definition | To encourage, invigorate, or embolden; to stimulate emotional or mental faculties, often with the nuance of enlivening or causing the 'heart' (seat of intellect and emotion) to be stirred. In derived or denominative uses, to make or prepare round cakes (from לָבִיבָה). In certain contexts, it can mean to charm, captivate, or even to lead astray emotionally or mentally, whether for good or ill, depending on context. |
Morphology HC/Vpw3fs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and made cakes |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3823-03
and she emboldened
| Morphological Notes | Verb; Piel stem (intensive/causative); sequential imperfect (vav-consecutive); 3rd person feminine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piel stem conveys an intensive or causative action upon the "heart" (inner being), thus "to embolden" or strongly stir emotionally or mentally. The sequential imperfect 3rd feminine singular is reflected by "and she" plus the past narrative sense. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and she made round cakes
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Given the bread-making context, the derivation from לָבִיבָה means 'to make round cakes,' as in the SILEX definition. 'Emboldened' is not accurate here; correction needed. |