2 Chronicles 15:8:232 Chr.15.8.W23TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- clause
va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of the LORD which was before the porch of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:8:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Chronicles 15:8, 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.15.8.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.8.W23.S1) and character.