2 Kings 23:27:72 Kgs.23.27.W7TAB
פָּנַ֔י
panai
“my face”
- Transliteration
- pa-NAI
- Extended
- paa-NAI
- IPA
- /paːˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
me-AL pa-NAI
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH GAM et-ye-hu-DA a-SIR me-AL pa-NAI ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH GAM et-ye-hu-DA a-SIR me-AL pa-NAI ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI et-yis-ra-EL u-ma-AS-ti et-ha-IR ha-ZOT a-sher-ba-KHAR-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-ha-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR-ti yih-yeh she-MI SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mê-ʿal pā-nay {מֵעַל פָּנַי | mê-ʿal pā-nay} ‘from upon my presence’ employs spatial imagery for divine favor.
Root and etymology
p-n-h
“face, presence”
In context — 2 Kings 23:27
And the LORD said, “I will also remove Judah from My presence, just as I have removed Israel. And I have rejected this city which I have chosen—Jerusalem—and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:27, so the Hebrew word פָּנַ֔י (panai) 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.23.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.27.W7.S1) and character.