1 Samuel 23:24:41 Sam.23.24.W4TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE sha-UL
- clause
va-YA-ku-MU va-YEL-khu TSI-fa lif-NE sha-UL
- sentence
va-YA-ku-MU va-YEL-khu TSI-fa lif-NE sha-UL ve-da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ba-mid-BAR ma-ON ba-a-ra-VA EL ye-MIN ha-ye-shi-MON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase Ziphah lifnei Sha'ul {זִפָה לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל | Zīphâ li-fənê Sha'ûl} uses lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-fənê} ‘before, in the presence of’ to indicate approach.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:24
So they rose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 23:24, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (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.23.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.24.W4.S1) and character.