1 Samuel 13:12:71 Sam.13.12.W7TAB
וּפְנֵ֥י
ufene
“and the face of”
- Transliteration
- u-fe-NE
- Extended
- oo-feh-NEE
- IPA
- /uːfəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the face of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-fe-NE
- phraseyour reading level
u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI va-et-a-PAK va-a-le ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The idiomatic upnei YHWH lo chilliti {וּפְנֵי יְהוָה לֹא חִלִּיתִי | û-p̄ənê Yə-hō-wāh lō’ ḥillîṯî} literally ‘the face of YHWH I have not sought’ uses pnei ‘face/presence’ to denote divine favor.
Root and etymology
p-n-hpe–nun–he
“face, presence”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:12
And I said, “Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the LORD ; so I restrained myself and I offered the burnt offering.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:12, so the Hebrew word וּפְנֵ֥י (ufene) 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 Sam.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.12.W7.S1) and character.