2 Kings 19:15:32 Kgs.19.15.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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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets a-TA a-SI-ta et-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lip̄-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before/in the presence of the LORD’ frames the prayer as an audience with God, not merely private reflection.
In context — 2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed in the presence of the LORD and said, “O LORD, God of Israel , who dwells with the cherubim, You alone are God for all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made the heavens and the earth.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:15, 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.19.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.15.W3.S1) and character.