2 Chronicles 14:12:42 Chr.14.12.W4TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:11
לִפְנֵ֖י
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
- clause
va-yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH ET-ha-ku-SHIM lif-ne a-SA u-lif-NE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH ET-ha-ku-SHIM lif-ne a-SA u-lif-NE ye-hu-DA va-ya-NU-su ha-ku-SHIM
Exegesis
The phrases lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-p̄nê} ‘before’ and u-lifnei {וּלִפְנֵי | ū-li-p̄nê} ‘and before’ frame Asa {אָסָא | ʾŏ-sā} and Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yə-hū-dāh} as witnesses and beneficiaries.
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:12
And the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushites fled.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 14:12, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (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.14.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.12.W4.S1) and character.