2 Kings 14:11:72 Kgs.14.11.W7TAB
פָנִ֔ים
panim
“face to face”
- Transliteration
- pa-NIM
- Extended
- pah-NEEM
- IPA
- /faːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- face to face
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
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-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
The Nifal imperfect way-yitrōʾū {וַיִּתְרָאוּ | wa-yit-rō-ʾū} ‘they appeared’ with pānīm {פָנִים | pā-nīm} ‘faces’ conveys direct confrontation.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–nun–he
“face; presence”
In context — 2 Kings 14:11
Yet Amaziah did not listen , so Jehoash, king of Israel, ascended, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, confronted each other at Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:11, 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 Kgs.14.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W7.S1) and character.