Leviticus 14:12:13Lev.14.12.W13TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-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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Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
veh-he-NEEF o-TAM teh-noo-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-KE-ves ha-eh-KHAD veh-hik-REEV o-TO leh-ah-SHAM veh-et-LOG ha-SHA-men veh-he-NEEF o-TAM teh-noo-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun tənūp̄āh {תְּנוּפָה | tə-nū-pāh} ‘wave offering’ designates a specific ritual act, while li-pənê YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | li-pə-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ places the sequence within the divine presence, emphasizing the theocentric focus of the ritual. This syntactic ordering preserves both the chronological flow and the theological emphasis of presentation.
In context — Leviticus 14:12
And the priest shall take the one lamb and offer it as a guilt offering , and the log of oil, and he shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 14:12, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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 Lev.14.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.12.W13.S1) and character.