Exodus 17:6:3Exod.17.6.W3TAB
לְפָנֶ֨יךָ
lefanekha
“before you”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NE-kha
- Extended
- leh-fah-NEH-kha
- IPA
- /ləfaˈneːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- before you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR
- clause
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR be-kho-REV ve-hi-KEE-ta va-TSUR ve-yats-OO mi-MEN-nu MA-yim ve-sha-TA ha-AM
- sentence
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR be-kho-REV ve-hi-KEE-ta va-TSUR ve-yats-OO mi-MEN-nu MA-yim ve-sha-TA ha-AM va-YA-as KEN mo-SHE le-ay-NEY zik-NEY yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle omed {עֹמֵד | ʿō-mēḏ} ‘standing’ conveys ongoing posture, followed by the prepositional phrase lefanekha {לְפָנֶיךָ | lə-fā-ne-kā} ‘before you’ and the locative sham {שָּׁם | šām} ‘there.’
In context — Exodus 17:6
Behold, I stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; you are to strike the rock, and water will emerge from it for the people to drink. And Moses acted accordingly in the sight of the elders of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 17:6, so the Hebrew word לְפָנֶ֨יךָ (lefanekha) 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.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.6.W3.S1) and character.