2 Chronicles 25:22:32 Chr.25.22.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 yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-ya-NU-su ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The relational clause lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | li-pə-nê} ‘before’ marks subordination to Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:22
And Judah was struck down before Israel , and each man fled to his tents .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:22, 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.25.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.22.W3.S1) and character.