1 Chronicles 15:24:121 Chr.15.24.W12TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- clause
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-khi-YA sho-a-RIM la-a-RON
Exegesis
Lifnei {לִפְנֵ֖י | lip̄-nê} marks the spatial relation “before the ark,” linking aron {אֲר֣וֹן | ʾā-rōn} and haelohim {הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} in construct.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew trumpets before the ark of God . Obed-Edom and Jehiya were doorkeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 15:24, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (lifne) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.24.W12.S1) and character.