Leviticus 16:14:9Lev.16.14.W9TAB
וְלִפְנֵ֣י
vehlifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- veh-lif-NEI
- Extended
- veh-lif-NEE
- IPA
- /wəlifˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
veh-lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret
- clause
veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
- sentence
veh-lah-KAKH mihd-DAHM hah-PAAR veh-hiz-ZAA veh-ets-bah-OH ahl-peh-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret KED-mah veh-lif-NEI hah-kah-POH-ret yahz-ZEH sheh-vah-peh-ah-MEEM min-hah-DAAM beh-ets-bah-OH
Exegesis
In the second clause, the conjunction and preposition velifnei {וְלִפְנֵ֣י | wə-lif-nê} ‘and before’ introduces repeated action via the Hifil imperfect yazzeh {יַזֶּ֧ה | ya-zē(h)} ‘he shall sprinkle.’
In context — Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take from the blood of the bull and, with his finger , sprinkle it upon the face of the atonement cover , eastward; and before the atonement cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 16:14, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֣י (vehlifnei) 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.16.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.14.W9.S1) and character.