Job 15:4:6Job.15.4.W6TAB
לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃
lifneel
“before God”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-EL
- Extended
- lihf-NEE-EEL
- IPA
- /lifneːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- before God
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-ne-EL
- clause
ve-tig-RA si-KHA lif-ne-EL
- sentence
af-a-TA ta-FER yir-A ve-tig-RA si-KHA lif-ne-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei-el {לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל | lip̄-nê-ʾēl} ‘before God’ anchors both accusations in the sphere of worship: the verbs describe actions taken in relation to God, not merely human social conduct. English keeps the two-verb parallelism (“annul … diminish / hinder”) to preserve the verse’s cumulative force.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Job 15:4
Even you annul fear , and you diminish meditation before God .
About this coordinate
Job 15:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 15:4, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ (lifneel) 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 Job.15.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.4.W6.S1) and character.