Genesis 47:7:6Gen.47.7.W6TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI far-O
- clause
va-ya-VE yo-SEF et-ya-a-KOV a-VIV va-ya-a-mi-DE-hu lif-NEI far-O
- sentence
va-ya-VE yo-SEF et-ya-a-KOV a-VIV va-ya-a-mi-DE-hu lif-NEI far-O va-ye-va-REKH ya-a-KOV et-par-O
Exegesis
The next Hiphil wayyiqtol vayyaamidehu {וַיַּעֲמִדֵהוּ | way-ya-ʿămî-ḏē-hû} ‘and he caused him to stand’ shifts focus to Jacob’s formal placement before the king, expressed by the locative preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lip̄-nê} ‘before’ and the title Paroh {פַרְעֹה | par-ʿōh}.
Root and etymology
p-n-hpe–nun–heh
“to turn, face”
In context — Genesis 47:7
Joseph brought Jacob his father and had him stand before Pharaoh ; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 47:7, 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 Gen.47.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.7.W6.S1) and character.