Deuteronomy 14:23:2Deut.14.23.W2TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈnej/
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-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-fə-nê} ‘before’ introduces the worship context oriented toward YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā}.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
And you shall eat before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifnei) 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 Deut.14.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W2.S1) and character.