Exodus 16:33:12Exod.16.33.W12TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ha-NAKH o-TO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-MEH-ret le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHE el-a-ha-RON KAKH tsin-TSE-net a-KHAT ve-ten-SHAM-ma meh-lo-ha-O-mer MAN ve-ha-NAKH o-TO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-MEH-ret le-do-ro-TEI-khem
In context — Exodus 16:33
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put in it a full omer of manna, and set it before the LORD for safekeeping for your generations.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:33:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 16:33, 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 Exod.16.33.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.33.W12.S1) and character.