עַל־פְּנֵ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־פְּנֵ֤י

   al-pe-NE

   upon the face of or in front of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙

   al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit

   upon the face of or in front of the width of the house
3. clause🔊 וְהָאוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים

   ve-ha-u-LAM a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-O-rekh al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-ha-GO-vah me-A ve-e-se-RIM

   and the porch or vestibule which upon the face of or in front of the length upon the face of or in front of the width of the house cubits twenty and the height one hundred and twenty
4. sentence🔊 וְהָאוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ מִפְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃

   ve-ha-u-LAM a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-O-rekh al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-ha-GO-vah me-A ve-e-se-RIM va-ytsa-PE-hu mi-pe-ni-MA za-HAV ta-HOR

   and the porch or vestibule which upon the face of or in front of the length upon the face of or in front of the width of the house cubits twenty and the height one hundred and twenty and he overlaid him or it from inside or inwardly gold pure

Exegesis

The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾă-šer} uses al-penei haorekh {עַל־פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ | ʿal-pə-ney hā-ʾō-reḵ} “before the length” and al-penei rokhav habbayit {עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | ʿal-pə-ney ro-ḥav ha-bā-yit} “before the width of the house,” emphasizing that the portico’s length equated to the house’s breadth.