Judges 18:21:7Judg.18.21.W7TAB
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
lifnehem
“before them”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-HEM
- Extended
- lihf-neh-HEEM
- IPA
- /lifnɛːˈhɛm/
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
va-ya-si-MU et-ha-TAF ve-et-ha-mik-NE ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ye-LE-khu va-ya-si-MU et-ha-TAF ve-et-ha-mik-NE ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The concluding prepositional phrase lipnehem {לִפְנֵיהֶֽם | lip̄nēhem} ‘before them’ specifies spatial orientation. The English preserves the Hebrew paratactic flow by maintaining the verb sequence and rendering the object list in natural coordination for clarity.
In context — Judges 18:21
And they turned and went, and they placed the dependent children and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:21, 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 Judg.18.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.21.W7.S1) and character.