According to one reference work, the Biblical term for heart indicates the "innermost part of man" and "is supremely the one centre in man to which God turns, in which the religious life is rooted, which determines moral conduct."
Hi ku ya hi buku yin'wana, xiga lexi tirhisiwaka ku hlamusela mbilu eBibeleni xi kombetela eka "xiyenge xa le ndzeni-ndzeni xa munhu" naswona "i xiyenge xo hlawuleka xa munhu lexi xi nga xa nkoka eka Xikwembu, lexi xi nga xisekelo xa vuxaka bya munhu ni Xikwembu, lexi endlaka leswaku munhu a tikhoma hi ndlela leyinene kumbe yo biha."