1 Kings 14:9:51 Kgs.14.9.W5TAB
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ
lefanekha
“before you”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NE-kha
- Extended
- leh-faa-NEH-khah
- IPA
- /ləfaːˈnɛːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before you
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
Exegesis
The infinitive construct la‘asot {לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | la-ʿa-sot} ‘to do’ intensifies the wrongdoing, while mikol {מִכֹּ֖ל | mi-kol} ‘more than all’ plus the relative asher-hayu {אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ | ʾa-šer-hā-yū} ‘that were’ and lefanekha {לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | le-fa-nei-kha} ‘before you’ marks a comparative superlative.
In context — 1 Kings 14:9
But you have done evil above all who were before you, and you went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me , and you have cast Me behind your back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (lefanekha) 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 Kgs.14.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.9.W5.S1) and character.