Leviticus 14:29:11Lev.14.29.W11TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifney
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEY
- Extended
- lif-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-NEY
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵ֥י | li-p̄nê} ‘before’ with YHWH {יְהוָֽה | yə-hō-wāh} situates the act under divine authority.
In context — Leviticus 14:29
And the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of the priest , he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:29, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (lifney) 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.14.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.29.W11.S1) and character.