Job 15:7:4Job.15.7.W4TAB
וְלִפְנֵ֖י
velifne
“and before”
- Transliteration
- ve-lif-NE
- Extended
- veh-lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /vəlifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-lif-NE
- clause
ve-lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta
- sentence
ha-ri-SHON a-DAM ti-va-LED ve-lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta
Exegesis
The second colon begins with velifnei {וְלִפְנֵי | wəlip̄nê} ‘and before’, where vav links the next question and often has a disjunctive force in context (“or”), followed by the temporal marker gevaot {גְבָעוֹת | gəḇāʿôṯ} ‘hills’ as a poetic reference point for primeval time.
In context — Job 15:7
Were you born as the first man? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
About this coordinate
Job 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:7, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֖י (velifne) 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.15.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.7.W4.S1) and character.