1 Chronicles 22:8:191 Chr.22.8.W19TAB
לְפָנָֽי׃
lefanai
“before me”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAI
- Extended
- leh-faa-NAI
- IPA
- /ləfaːˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- before me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NAI
- clause
lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The closing art-directional ʾarṣāh {אַרְצָה | ʾarṣāh} ‘to the earth’ depicts blood being poured onto the ground, and lə-p̄ānāy {לְפָנָי | lə-p̄ānāy} ‘before Me’ frames the violence as occurring under divine scrutiny, supporting the logic that the builder of the temple must align with the holiness of YHWH’s presence.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:8
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “You have shed blood in abundance, and you have done great wars. You shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word לְפָנָֽי׃ (lefanai) 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.22.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.8.W19.S1) and character.