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 breadth of the house
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב לְכִכָּרִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty and he overlaid it gold good or fine for talents six hundreds

Exegesis

The nominal element ʼôrēqô {אָרְכּ֞וֹ | ’ôrᵊqô} is linked by the comparative preposition ʿal-pənê {עַל־פְּנֵ֤י | ʿal-pənê} ‘upon the surface of’ to rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt {רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt} ‘width of the house’, establishing proportional dimensions.