2 Chronicles 14:13:122 Chr.14.13.W12TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:12
לִפְנֵ֣י־יְהוָ֔ה
lifneyeyehovah
“before the LORD”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lihf-neh-YEE-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lif.neːˈj.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before the LORD
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yir-de-FEM a-SA ve-ha-AM a-SHER-im-MO ad-li-ge-RAR va-yip-POL mi-ku-SHIM le-EN la-HEM mi-khe-YA ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-ne-YE ma-kha-NE-hu va-yis-SU sha-LAL har-BE me-OD
Exegesis
The causal clause kî-nišberû liṕnê Yə-hō-wāh {כִּי־נִשְׁבְּרוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | kî-nišberû liṕnê Yə-hō-wāh}, echoed by ū-lᵊ-pᵊnê maḥănêhû {וּלְפָנֵי מַחֲנֵהוּ | ū-lᵊ-pᵊnê maḥănêhû}, attributes victory to divine agency.
Root and etymology
h-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Cushites fell so that none remained alive for them, because they were crushed before the LORD and before His camp; then they carried off exceedingly much plunder .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 14:13, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י־יְהוָ֔ה (lifneyeyehovah) 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.14.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.13.W12.S1) and character.