וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ

   u-le-fa-NE-kha

   and before you
2. clause🔊 אִם־תָּב֨וֹא עָלֵ֜ינוּ רָעָ֗ה חֶרֶב֮ שְׁפוֹט֮ וְדֶ֣בֶר וְרָעָב֒ נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה לִפְנֵ֨י הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֥י שִׁמְךָ֖ בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֑ה

   im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE

   if it comes upon us evil or calamity sword judgment and pestilence and famine we will stand before the house this and before you for your name in the house this
3. sentence🔊 אִם־תָּב֨וֹא עָלֵ֜ינוּ רָעָ֗ה חֶרֶב֮ שְׁפוֹט֮ וְדֶ֣בֶר וְרָעָב֒ נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה לִפְנֵ֨י הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֥י שִׁמְךָ֖ בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֑ה וְנִזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

   im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE ve-niz-AK E-le-kha mits-tsa-ra-TE-nu ve-tish-MA ve-to-SHI-a

   if it comes upon us evil or calamity sword judgment and pestilence and famine we will stand before the house this and before you for your name in the house this and we will cry out to you from our distress and you will hear and you will save

Exegesis

The verb naamda {נַעַמְדָה | na·ʿam·dā} ‘we will stand’ introduces the response with dual spatial markers lifnei habayit hazeh {לִפְנֵי הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה | li·pnê ha·ba·yiṯ ha·zzeh} ‘before this house’ and ulefanekha {וּלְפָנֶיךָ | u·lĕ·pā·nê·kā} ‘and before You’, highlighting presence before temple and Divine.