Lebba is your whole inner person: mind, will, and affection, the deciding room where treasure is counted and words are brewed before they reach your mouth. The same root gives etlabbab, take heart: courage spoken into the place where you choose where to stand.
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noun | base noun + -a | leba | לבא ܠܶܒ݁ܳܐ | heart | heart: the whole inner person |
| Noun + suffix | possessive endings | lebak, lebkun | — | your heart | your heart (sing., pl., Matthew 22:37; 6:21) |
| Verb (Ethpaal) | denominal, from "heart" | etlabbab (impv. pl. etlabw) | אתלבבו ܐܶܬ݂ܠܰܒ݈݁ܒ݂ܘ | take heart! | take heart |
| Stem | Force | This root | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peal | simple | not attested | — |
| Ethpeel | simple passive | not attested | — |
| Pael | intensive | labbeb | to hearten, encourage (lexicon; not in this corpus) |
| Ethpaal | intensive passive | etlabbab | to take heart, be encouraged (Matthew 14:27; John 16:33) |
| Aphel | causative | not attested | — |
| Ettaphal | causative passive | not attested | — |
| Shaphel | rare causative | not attested | — |
Rest your hand on your chest for three breaths. Ask your inner room: Where did I stand today? If heat or shame rises, hear the command before you move: take heart.
Say lebba as the deciding center of you, then speak etlabbab: take heart.
The Hebrew cognate is lev / levav (לֵב, לֵבָב): the very word of Deuteronomy 6:5, which stands behind Matthew 22:37. The glossary's curated sense is the whole inner person: mind, will, and affection together, where decisions are made, where one stands.