1 Kings 15:3:51 Kgs.15.3.W5TAB
לְפָנָ֑יו
lefanav
“before him”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAV
- Extended
- leh-faa-NAV
- IPA
- /ləfaːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- before him
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ă-šer-’ā-śāh lə-pā-nāw {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה לְפָנָ֑יו | ’ă-šer-’ā-śāh lə-pā-nāw} ‘that he had done before him’ provides temporal context by referencing the father’s prior deeds.
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word לְפָנָ֑יו (lefanav) 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W5.S1) and character.