1 Chronicles 19:16:171 Chr.19.16.W17TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- lihf-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /lif.neːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ne-HEM
- clause
ve-sho-FAKH sar-tse-VA ha-dad-E-zer lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-YAR-e a-RAM KI nig-ge-FU lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yish-le-KHU mal-a-KHIM va-yo-tsi-U et-a-RAM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-na-HAR ve-sho-FAKH sar-tse-VA ha-dad-E-zer lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The final appositional phrase veshofakh sar-tseva Hadadezer {וְשׁוֹפַךְ שַׂר־צְבָא הֲדַדְעֶזֶר | wəšôpaḵ śar-ṣəḇāʾ hădadʿezer}, followed by lifneihem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | lipnêhem} ‘before them,’ places named leadership at the front, portraying ordered re-engagement after an initial setback.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:16
And the Arameans saw that they had been beaten before Israel, and they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were from beyond the river; and Shophakh, the commander of the army of Hadadezer's , went before them.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Chronicles 19:16, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (lifnehem) 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.19.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.16.W17.S1) and character.