Judges 20:42:2Judg.20.42.W2TAB
לִפְנֵ֨י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu
- sentence
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu va-a-SHER me-he-rim mash-khi-TIM o-TO be-to-KHO
In context — Judges 20:42
And they turned before the men of Israel toward the road to the wilderness, and the battle overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:42:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:42, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֨י (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 Judg.20.42.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.42.W2.S1) and character.