Ezekiel 20:35:8Ezek.20.35.W8TAB

פָּנִ֖ים

panim

face

Transliteration
pa-NIM
Extended
pah-NEEM
IPA
/paˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
face

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Result
פָּ + נִ֖ים
pa + nim
panim

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    pa-NIM

  2. clause

    ve-nish-pat-TI it-te-KHEM SHAM pa-NIM el-pa-NIM

  3. sentence

    ve-he-VE-ti et-KHEM el-mid-BAR ha-a-MIM ve-nish-pat-TI it-te-KHEM SHAM pa-NIM el-pa-NIM

Exegesis

The idiom panim el-panim {פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים | pā-nîm ʾel pā-nîm} “face to face” emphasizes a direct personal encounter. Syntax progresses from leading into place to executing legal action, culminating in an emphatic personal meeting.

Root and etymology

p-n-hpe–nun–he

face, presence

In contextEzekiel 20:35

I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:35, so the Hebrew word פָּנִ֖ים (panim) 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.20.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.35.W8.S1) and character.