לְפָנֵ֣ינוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְפָנֵ֣ינוּ

   le-fa-NE-nu

   before us
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְפָנֵ֣ינוּ כִּ֤י דָרַ֙שְׁנוּ֙

   le-fa-NE-nu KI da-RASH-nu

   before us because we have sought
3. clause🔊 עוֹדֶ֥רֶנּוּ הָאָ֖רֶץ לְפָנֵ֣ינוּ כִּ֤י דָרַ֙שְׁנוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ דָרַ֖שְׁנוּ וַיָּ֣נַח לָ֑נוּ

   o-de-REN-nu ha-A-rets le-fa-NE-nu KI da-RASH-nu et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu da-RASH-nu va-YA-nakh LA-nu

   still {it is} ours the land before us because we have sought the LORD our God we have sought and he gave rest to us
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לִֽיהוּדָ֜ה נִבְנֶ֣ה אֶת־הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְנָסֵ֤ב חוֹמָה֙ וּמִגְדָּלִ֔ים דְּלָתַ֖יִם וּבְרִיחִ֑ים עוֹדֶ֥רֶנּוּ הָאָ֖רֶץ לְפָנֵ֣ינוּ כִּ֤י דָרַ֙שְׁנוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ דָרַ֖שְׁנוּ וַיָּ֣נַח לָ֑נוּ מִסָּבִ֖יב וַיִּבְנ֣וּ וַיִּצְלִֽיחוּ׃

   va-YO-mer li-ye-hu-DA niv-ne-NE et-ha-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-na-SEV kho-MA u-mig-da-LIM de-la-TA-yim u-ve-ri-KHIM o-de-REN-nu ha-A-rets le-fa-NE-nu KI da-RASH-nu et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu da-RASH-nu va-YA-nakh LA-nu mi-sa-VIV va-yiv-NU va-yits-li-KHU

   and he said to Judah let us build these cities these and let us surround a wall and towers doors or gates and bars still {it is} ours the land before us because we have sought the LORD our God we have sought and he gave rest to us all around and they built and they prospered

Exegesis

The idiom odenu ha’aretz lephaneinu {עוֹדֶנּוּ הָאָרֶץ לְפָנֵינוּ | ō-ḏen-nū hā-’ā-reṣ lə-pā-nē-nū} ‘the land is still before us’ expresses available opportunity.