2 Chronicles 25:21:52 Chr.25.21.W5TAB
פָנִ֔ים
panim
“face to face or faces”
- Transliteration
- pa-NIM
- Extended
- pah-NEEM
- IPA
- /faˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- face to face or faces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
pa-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM
- clause
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Next, the Nifal imperfect vayyitraʾu {וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ | wayyiṯrā’û} ‘and they saw each other’ introduces the encounter, with panim {פָנִים | panîm} ‘faces’ functioning idiomatically for a face-to-face confrontation.
Root and etymology
p-n-h
“face, presence”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:21
So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah confronted each other face to face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 25:21, so the Hebrew word פָנִ֔ים (panim) 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.25.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.21.W5.S1) and character.