1 Kings 18:15:81 Kgs.18.15.W8TAB
לְפָנָ֑יו
lefanav
“before him”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAV
- Extended
- leh-faa-NAV
- IPA
- /ləfaːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- before him
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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
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Exegesis
A relative clause begins with asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă-šer} ‘who’ plus the Qal perfect amadti {עָמַ֖דְתִּי | ’ā-mâḏ-ti} ‘I have stood’ and suffix lefanav {לְפָנָ֑יו | lə-pānāw} ‘before him’, denoting Elijah’s presence in God’s court.
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:15, 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.18.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W8.S1) and character.