Deuteronomy 17:18:12Deut.17.18.W12TAB
מִלִּפְנֵ֖י
millifne
“from before”
- Transliteration
- mil-lif-NE
- Extended
- meel-lif-NEH
- IPA
- /mil.lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mil-lif-NE
- clause
ve-ka-TAV LO et-mish-NE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT al-SE-fer mil-lif-NE ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-vi-YIM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khe-shiv-TO AL ki-SE mam-lakh-TO ve-ka-TAV LO et-mish-NE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT al-SE-fer mil-lif-NE ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional clause milifnei ha-kohanim ha-leviyim {מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּים | mil-lif-nê hā-kō-hă-nîm ha-lĕ-vî-yîm} ‘from before the priests, the Levites’ specifies the exemplar maintained under priestly oversight. English renders the stipulation as a protasis–apodosis conditional while preserving Hebrew construct chains and the legal authorization nuance.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:18
And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, taken from the scroll that is before the priests, the Levites .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 17:18, so the Hebrew word מִלִּפְנֵ֖י (millifne) 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.17.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.18.W12.S1) and character.