לָבַב lâbab
Meaning
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
In the King James Version: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; also as denominative from H3834 (לָבִיבָה) i.e.
Where it is used
- 2 Samuel 13:6 So 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.”
- 2 Samuel 13:8 So 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.
- Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- Song of Solomon 4:9 You 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.