Joshua 21:44:10Josh.21.44.W10TAB
בִּפְנֵיהֶם֙
bifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- bif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- bif-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /bif.neˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
bif-ne-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-MAD ISH bif-ne-HEM
- clause
ve-LO-a-MAD ISH bif-ne-HEM mi-KOL-oy-ve-HEM ET KOL-oy-ve-HEM na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DAM
- sentence
va-ya-NAKH Ye-ho-VAH la-HEM mi-sa-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-nish-BA la-a-vo-TAM ve-LO-a-MAD ISH bif-ne-HEM mi-KOL-oy-ve-HEM ET KOL-oy-ve-HEM na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DAM
Exegesis
The clause velo-amad ish bifneihem mikol-oyvehem {וְלֹא־עָמַד אִישׁ בִּפְנֵיהֶם מִכָּל־אֹיְבֵיהֶם | wə·lō·’ā·maḏ ’îš bi·penê·hēm mi·kol·’ō·ḇē·hēm} ‘and not one man stood before them from all their enemies’ uses the Qal perfect verb amad to express absolute victory, with the prepositional phrase bifneihem {בִּפְנֵיהֶם | bi·penê·hēm} ‘before them,’ and the repetitive reference to oyvehem intensifies focus on Israel’s foes.
In context — Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest all around, just as He had sworn to their fathers; not one of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:44:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 21:44, so the Hebrew word בִּפְנֵיהֶם֙ (bifnehem) 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.21.44.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.44.W10.S1) and character.