Joshua 18:6:13Josh.18.6.W13TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- clause
ve-ya-ri-TI la-KHEM go-RAL PO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
- sentence
ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na ve-ya-ri-TI la-KHEM go-RAL PO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase lifnei YHWH Eloheinu {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ | li-p-nei Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû} ‘before the LORD our God’ frames the allotment as a solemn act under divine witness.
In context — Joshua 18:6
And you shall write down the land in seven portions , and bring them here to me, and I will cast the lot for you here before the LORD our God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 18:6, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (lifnei) 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.18.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.6.W13.S1) and character.