Daniel 8:7:16Dan.8.7.W16TAB
לְפָנָ֑יו
lefanav
“before him”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAV
- Extended
- leh-fah-NAAV
- IPA
- /ləfaːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- before him
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NAV
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-MOD le-fa-NAV
- clause
oo-reh-ee-TEEV ma-GI-a E-tsel ha-AYL va-yit-mar-MAR e-LAV va-YAKH et-ha-AYL va-ye-sha-BER et-SHTE keh-ra-NAV ve-LO-ha-YA KO-akh ba-AYL la-a-MOD le-fa-NAV
- sentence
oo-reh-ee-TEEV ma-GI-a E-tsel ha-AYL va-yit-mar-MAR e-LAV va-YAKH et-ha-AYL va-ye-sha-BER et-SHTE keh-ra-NAV ve-LO-ha-YA KO-akh ba-AYL la-a-MOD le-fa-NAV va-yash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-yir-me-SE-hu ve-LO-ha-YA ma-TSIL la-AYL mi-ya-DO
Exegesis
The clause velo-hayah koach ba’ayil la’amod lefanav {וְלֹא־הָיָה כֹחַ בָּאַיִל לַעֲמֹד לְפָנָיו | wə-lō-hā-yāh kō-aḥ bā-’a-yil la-’ă-mōd lə-pā-nāw} ‘and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him’ emphasizes total helplessness.
In context — Daniel 8:7
And I saw him coming near to the ram , and he was enraged toward him and struck the ram and broke its two horns. And there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, so he threw him to the ground and trampled him, and there was no deliverer for the ram from his hand.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Daniel 8:7, so the Hebrew word לְפָנָ֑יו (lefanav) 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.8.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.7.W16.S1) and character.