1 Chronicles 19:14:51 Chr.19.14.W5TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE a-RAM
- clause
va-yig-GASH yo-AV ve-ha-AM a-sher-im-MO lif-NE a-RAM lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yig-GASH yo-AV ve-ha-AM a-sher-im-MO lif-NE a-RAM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei Aram {לִפְנֵי אֲרָם | li-p̆nē ’ă-rām} 'before Aram' indicates adversarial positioning, while lamilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘to the battle’ expresses purpose.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:14
And Joab drew near , and the people who were with him advanced against the Arameans to the battle , and they fled before him.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 19:14, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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.19.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.14.W5.S1) and character.