Exodus 14:19:5Exod.14.19.W5TAB
לִפְנֵי֙
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
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
va-yis-SA mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ho-LEKH lif-NEI ma-kha-NE yis-ra-EL va-YE-lekh me-a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-yis-SA mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ho-LEKH lif-NEI ma-kha-NE yis-ra-EL va-YE-lekh me-a-kha-RE-hem va-yis-SA am-MUD he-a-NAN mip-NEI-hem va-ya-a-MOD me-a-kha-RE-hem
Exegesis
The spatial prepositions lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê} ‘before’ and me’acharehem {מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם | mê-ʾa-ḥa-rê-hem} ‘from behind them’ delineate movement.
In context — Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the pillar of cloud also set out from before them and stood behind them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 14:19, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי֙ (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.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.19.W5.S1) and character.