Daniel 1:5:15Dan.1.5.W15TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
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
lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
- clause
u-mik-tsa-TAM ya-a-med-DU lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-MAN la-HEM ham-ME-lekh de-var-YOM be-yo-MO mi-PAT-BAG ham-ME-lekh u-mi-YEN mish-TAV u-le-gad-de-LAM sha-NIM sha-LOSH u-mik-tsa-TAM ya-a-med-DU lif-NE ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The concluding clause umiktsatam yaamdu lifnei hamelekh {וּמִקְצָתָ֔ם יַעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּלֶךְ | ûmıqṣāṯām yaʿamdû lip̄nê hammēleḵ} serves as a result clause indicating their formal presentation before the king.
In context — Daniel 1:5
And the king set for them a daily portion from the king’s food and from the wine of his drinking, and appointed that they be raised for three years; and at the end of those years they would stand before the king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Daniel 1:5, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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 Dan.1.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.5.W15.S1) and character.