Joshua 17:4:5Josh.17.4.W5TAB
וְלִפְנֵ֣י
velifnei
“and before”
- Transliteration
- ve-lif-NEI
- Extended
- veh-lif-NEI
- 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-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
- clause
va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu
- sentence
va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
Exegesis
The threefold lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lifnê} “before” introduces a list: Eleazar {אֶלְעָזָר | ʾel·ʿā·zār} the priest {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kô·hên}, Yehoshua {יְהוֹשֻׁעַ | yə-hō-šû·aʿ} son of Nun {בִּן־נוּן | bin-nûn}, and the leaders {הַנְּשִׂיאִים | ha-nə-šî·ʾîm}, establishing the judicial setting.
In context — Joshua 17:4
And they came before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to allot us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them an inheritance according to the mouth of the LORD, among the brothers of their father.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֣י (velifnei) 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 Josh.17.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.4.W5.S1) and character.