2 Chronicles 20:5:82 Chr.20.5.W8TAB
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
lif-NE he-kha-TSER ha-kha-da-SHA
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ye-ho-sha-FAT bik-ha-L ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LIM be-VET ye-ho-VAH lif-NE he-kha-TSER ha-kha-da-SHA
Exegesis
The final prepositional marker lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lip̄-nê} ‘before’ sets a precise spatial orientation, focusing attention on hechatzar hachadashah {הֶחָצֵר הַחֲדָשָׁה | he-ḥā-ṣēr ha-ḥă-ḏā-šāh} ‘the new courtyard,’ which heightens the scene’s concreteness within the temple complex and prepares for an address offered in a prominent, visible place.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD , before the new courtyard.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:5, 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.20.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.5.W8.S1) and character.