2 Chronicles 7:4:52 Chr.7.4.W5TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne
- Extended
- lih-feh-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 Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
zo-ve-KHIM ZE-vakh lif-ne Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM zo-ve-KHIM ZE-vakh lif-ne Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Lifnê {לִפְנֵ֥י | lif-nê} ‘before’ functions as a prepositional marker indicating orientation toward the divine.
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:4
And the king and all the people offered a sacrifice before the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 7:4, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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.7.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.4.W5.S1) and character.