Jeremiah 18:17:3Jer.18.17.W3TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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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Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE o-YEV
- clause
ke-RU-akh-ka-DIM a-fi-TSAM lif-NE o-YEV
- sentence
ke-RU-akh-ka-DIM a-fi-TSAM lif-NE o-YEV O-ref ve-LO-fa-NIM er-EM be-YOM E-dam
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei oyev {לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵב | lif-nê ʾō-yêḇ} ‘before the enemy’ identifies the recipients of divine judgment.
In context — Jeremiah 18:17
Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy; in the day of their calamity I will show them My back and not My face.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:17, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifne) 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 Jer.18.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.17.W3.S1) and character.