2 Chronicles 13:7:162 Chr.13.7.W16TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- lihf-neh-HEH m
- IPA
- /lif.nɛːˈhɛm/
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
u-re-kha-VA-am ha-YA NA-ar ve-rakh-LE-vav ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-KA-be-tsu a-LAIV a-na-SHIM re-KIM be-NE be-li-YA-al va-yit-a-ME-tsu al-re-kha-VA-am ben-she-lo-MO u-re-kha-VA-am ha-YA NA-ar ve-rakh-LE-vav ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The closing clause velo hitchazek lifneihem {וְלֹא הִתְחַזֵּק לִפְנֵיהֶם | wə-lōʾ hitḥazzēq lipnêhem} uses negation with a reflexive-strength verb to underscore failure to take a firm stance “before them,” a face-to-face context of pressure.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:7
And worthless men, sons of Belial , gathered against him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon; and Rehoboam was a youth and tender of heart, and he did not strengthen himself before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 13:7, 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 2 Chr.13.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.7.W16.S1) and character.