2 Chronicles 20:13:32 Chr.20.13.W3TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA o-me-DIM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA o-me-DIM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH gam-ta-PAM ne-she-HEM u-ven-e-HEM
Exegesis
The participle standing {omdim {עֹמְדִים | ‘omdîm} ‘standing’} conveys sustained posture, leading into the prepositional phrase before {lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-pə-nê} ‘before’} the LORD {YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’}, establishing spatial proximity.
In translation, the Hebrew participle is rendered by a simple past verb ‘stood’ to align with English narrative conventions, and the prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵי} is preserved to maintain the sense of presence before the divine.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:13
And all Judah stood before the LORD , with their little ones , their wives, and their sons.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:13, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (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.20.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.13.W3.S1) and character.