Exodus 13:22:8Exod.13.22.W8TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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
- clause
lif-NEI ha-AM
- sentence
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la lif-NEI ha-AM
Exegesis
The temporal adverbials yomam {יוֹמָם | yō-mām} ‘by day’ and layelah {לָיְלָה | lā-ylā} ‘by night’ bracket the narrative, while the prepositional phrase lifnei ha-am {לִפְנֵי הָעָם | li-phnê hā-ʿām} ‘before the people’ emphasizes the spatial orientation of divine guidance.
In context — Exodus 13:22
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 13:22, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (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 Exod.13.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.22.W8.S1) and character.