2 Kings 14:12:32 Kgs.14.12.W3TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE yis-re-EL
- clause
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-re-EL
- sentence
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-re-EL va-ya-NU-su ISH le-e-ho-LO le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | li·pnê} marks Israel as the active adversary.
In context — 2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was defeated before Israel, and each man fled to his tents .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:12, 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 Kgs.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.12.W3.S1) and character.