Deuteronomy 23:11:2Deut.23.11.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:12
לִפְנוֹת־עֶרֶב
lifnoterev
“toward evening”
- Transliteration
- lif-NOT-E-rev
- Extended
- leef-NOHT-EH-rehv
- IPA
- /lif.noːtˈʕɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward evening
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NOT-E-rev
- sentence
ve-ha-YA lif-NOT-E-rev yir-KHATS ba-MA-yim u-ke-BO ha-SHE-mesh ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-neh
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive lifnot {לִפְנוֹת־עֶרֶב | lĭp̄-nōṯ-ʿer-eḇ} ‘at turning-evening’ marks the approach of erev {עֶרֶב | ʿer-eḇ} ‘evening’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-b
“evening, mixture, transition”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:11
And it shall be that at evening he must wash himself in water; and when the sun sets he may enter the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 23:11, so the Hebrew word לִפְנוֹת־עֶרֶב (lifnoterev) 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.23.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.11.W2.S1) and character.