Exodus 23:28:3Exod.23.28.W3TAB
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ
lefanekha
“before you”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NE-kha
- Extended
- leh-fah-NEH-khah
- IPA
- /lə.faː.ˈneː.xaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
ve-sha-lakh-TI et-ha-tsir-AH le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-sha-lakh-TI et-ha-tsir-AH le-fa-NE-kha ve-GER-sha et-ha-khiv-VI et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ve-et-ha-khit-TI mil-le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lepheneikha {לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lə-pā-nê-ḵā} ‘before you’ sets the spatial parameter.
Root and etymology
“face, presence”
In context — Exodus 23:28
And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:28, so the Hebrew word לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.28.W3.S1) and character.