Genesis 6:13:7Gen.6.13.W7TAB
לְפָנַ֔י
lefanai
“before me”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAI
- Extended
- leh-fah-NAI
- IPA
- /lə.faˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- before me
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
BA le-fa-NAI
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM le-NO-akh KETS kol-ba-SAR BA le-fa-NAI ki-mal-AH ha-A-rets kha-MAS mip-pe-ne-HEM ve-hin-NI mash-khi-TAM et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The perfect ba {בָּא | bāʾ} ‘has come’ with le-fanai {לְפָנַי | lə-fā-nay} ‘before Me’ frames the decree as an enacted reality in God’s presence.
In context — Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; and now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 6:13, so the Hebrew word לְפָנַ֔י (lefanai) 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.6.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.13.W7.S1) and character.