1 Samuel 18:13:91 Sam.18.13.W9TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM
- sentence
va-ye-si-RE-hu sha-UL me-im-MO va-ye-si-ME-hu LO sar-A-lef va-ye-TSE va-ya-VO lif-NE ha-AM
Exegesis
The paired verbs vayetze vayavo {וַיֵּצֵ֥א וַיָּבֹ֖א | wayyəṣēʼ wayyāḇōʼ} form a synonymous parallelism for campaign activity, and the phrase lifnei haam {לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם | lip̄nê hā-ʿām} “before the people” emphasizes public visibility. The English renderings preserve verb order and idiomatic sense by mirroring “went out” and “came in” (formal) or “march out and return” (dynamic).
In context — 1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as commander over a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 18:13, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (lifne) 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.18.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.13.W9.S1) and character.