1 Kings 22:10:161 Kgs.22.10.W16TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- lih f-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /lif.neːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ne-HEM
- clause
ve-khal-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-ve-IM lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-ki-SO me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-khal-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-ve-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
Finally, the Hitpaʿel participle mitnabbʼim {מִתְנַבְּאִים | mitnabʾīm} ‘prophesying’ precedes the prepositional phrase lifneihem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | lifnēhēm} ‘before them’, highlighting the ongoing prophetic action directed toward the seated kings.
In context — 1 Kings 22:10
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, were sitting, each man on his throne, clothed in robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 22:10, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (lifnehem) 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.22.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.10.W16.S1) and character.