2 Samuel 19:13:152 Sam.19.13.W15TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:14
לְפָנַ֔י
lefanai
“before me”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAI
- Extended
- leh-fah-NAI
- IPA
- /ləfaˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- before me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-fa-NAI
- clause
KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
- sentence
ve-la-a-ma-SA TOM-re-U ha-lo-O A-ts-me u-ve-sa-RI A-TA KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
Exegesis
The temporal frame lefanai kol-hayamim {לְפָנָי כָּל־הַיָּמִים} serves as both durative and witness clause.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:13
And to Amasa you shall say, “Are you not my bone and my flesh ? Thus may God do to me, and thus may He add, if you do not become commander of the army in place of Joab before me all the days.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word לְפָנַ֔י (lefanai) 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 Sam.19.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.13.W15.S1) and character.