2 Kings 16:14:52 Kgs.16.14.W5TAB
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
a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ET ham-miz-BE-akh han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yak-REV me-ET pe-NE hab-BA-yit mib-BEN ham-miz-BE-akh u-mib-BEN BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET ham-miz-BE-akh han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yak-REV me-ET pe-NE hab-BA-yit mib-BEN ham-miz-BE-akh u-mib-BEN BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN O-to al-YE-rekh ham-miz-BE-akh tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The altar is then identified by a relative clause, asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} + lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lipnê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD,’ grounding the action in the temple’s sacred space.
In context — 2 Kings 16:14
He moved the bronze altar that was before the LORD away from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and set it on the north side of the altar.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 16:14, 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.16.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.14.W5.S1) and character.