Judges 20:35:4Judg.20.35.W4TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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-NE
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH
- sentence
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH kal-E-le sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The term et-binyamin {אֶת־בִּנְיָמִן | ʾet-binyāmīn} introduces Benjamin as the direct object, followed by lifnei Yisrael {לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל | liṕ·nê Yiśrāʾēl}, a prepositional phrase denoting the public setting.
In context — Judges 20:35
And the LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men in Benjamin on that day, all these wielders of the sword .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:35, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifne) 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.20.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.35.W4.S1) and character.