2 Samuel 19:8:142 Sam.19.8.W14TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
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 ham-ME-lekh
- clause
u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The compounds kol-ha-am {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ and lifne hamméleḵ {לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ | lifnê hamméleḵ} ‘before the king’ depict the mass gathering.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 19:8, 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 Sam.19.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W14.S1) and character.