Ezekiel 16:19:9Ezek.16.19.W9TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- lihf-neh-HEEHehm
- IPA
- /lifnɛːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ne-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM
- clause
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI
- sentence
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent wayyiqtol form ū-neṭattîhû {וּנְתַתִּיהוּ | ū-ne-ṭat-tî-hû} ‘and I gave it’ plus the locative lifnehem {לִפְנֵיהֶם | li-phnê-hêm} ‘before them’ shifts to the presentation of offerings.
In context — Ezekiel 16:19
And my bread , which I gave to you—fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you—you set it before them as a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:19, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם (lifnehem) 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 Ezek.16.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.19.W9.S1) and character.