1 Chronicles 16:39:61 Chr.16.39.W6TAB
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
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH ba-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
Exegesis
The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li·phnê} ‘before’ establishes the relation to miš·kān YHWH {מִשְׁכָּן יְהוָה | miš·kān Yəhōwāh} ‘the tabernacle of the LORD’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests, were before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 16:39, 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.16.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.39.W6.S1) and character.