Jeremiah 19:7:9Jer.19.7.W9TAB
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-ye-VE-hem
- clause
u-vak-KO-ti et-a-TSAT ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-hip-PAL-tim ba-KHE-rev lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-YAD me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM
- sentence
u-vak-KO-ti et-a-TSAT ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-hip-PAL-tim ba-KHE-rev lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-YAD me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM ve-na-TAT-ti et-niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect wə-hip-pal-tîm {וְהִפַּלְתִּים | wə·hip·pal·tîm} ‘and I will cause them to fall’ conveys causation, followed by parallel prepositional phrases ba-ḥě-rev lī-p̄nê ʾōyvêhēm {בַּחֶרֶב לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיהֶם | ba·ḥě·rev lī·p̄nê ʾōy·vê·hēm} ‘by the sword before their enemies’ and ū-ve-yāḏ mevaqšê napšām {וּבְיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם | ū·ve·yāḏ me·vaq·šê nap·šām} ‘and by the hand of those seeking their life’.
In context — Jeremiah 19:7
I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place and will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 19:7, 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.19.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.7.W9.S1) and character.