1 Chronicles 22:18:161 Chr.22.18.W16TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI na-TAN be-ya-DI ET yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ve-nikh-be-SHA ha-A-rets lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-NE a-MO
- sentence
ha-LO ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem im-MA-khem ve-he-NI-akh la-KHEM mi-sa-VIV KI na-TAN be-ya-DI ET yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ve-nikh-be-SHA ha-A-rets lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-NE a-MO
Exegesis
Finally, the paired lifnei YHWH ve-lifnei ammo {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְלִפְנֵי עַמּוֹ | lif-nê Yə-hō-wāh wə-lif-nê ʿam-mô} ‘before the LORD and before His people’ reinforces both divine and communal validation of victory.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:18
Is not the LORD your God with you? And has He not given you rest from every direction? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and before His people.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Chronicles 22:18, 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.22.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.18.W16.S1) and character.