2 Chronicles 13:15:122 Chr.13.15.W12TAB
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 a-vi-YA
- clause
va-ye-HI be-ha-RI-a ISH ye-hu-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM na-GAF ET-ya-rav-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL lif-NE a-vi-YA vi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-RI-u ISH ye-hu-DA va-ye-HI be-ha-RI-a ISH ye-hu-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM na-GAF ET-ya-rav-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL lif-NE a-vi-YA vi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The closing prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵ֥י | lip̄nê} ‘before/in the presence of’ frames the defeat as public and unmistakable, occurring right before Abijah and Judah as witnesses to God’s intervention.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:15
So the men of Judah shouted , and as the men of Judah shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 13:15, 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 2 Chr.13.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.15.W12.S1) and character.