Deuteronomy 16:11:2Deut.16.11.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-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | lĭp̄-nê} ‘before’ establishes the spatial relationship “before” YHWH {יְהוָ֣ה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’, coupled with eloheicha {אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā} ‘your God’ to highlight covenant presence.
Root and etymology
Rootpeh–nun–he
“face, presence”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God —you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place that the LORD your God will choose to cause His Name to dwell there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:11, 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.16.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W2.S1) and character.