Joshua 18:1:11Josh.18.1.W11TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE-hem
- Extended
- leef-NEH-hem
- IPA
- /lifneːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE-hem
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL shi-LO va-yash-KI-nu SHAM ET-O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
Exegesis
Finally, the Niphal perfect nikhbeshah {נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה | nı̄kbešâ} ‘was subdued’ with lifnehem {לִפְנֵיהֶֽם | lıphnēhem} ‘before them’ presents the completed conquest as a finalized reality.
In context — Joshua 18:1
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting . The land was subdued before them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 18:1, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (lifnehem) 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.18.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.1.W11.S1) and character.