Leviticus 16:18:4Lev.16.18.W4TAB
לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה
lihfneiyehovah
“before the LORD”
- Transliteration
- lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- leehf-NEI-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lifˈnej.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before the LORD
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-ham-miz-BEH-akh a-SHER lihf-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ve-khi-PER a-LAV ve-la-KAKH mi-DAM ha-PAR u-mi-DAM ha-sa-EER ve-na-TAN al-KAR-not ham-miz-BEH-akh sa-VIV
Exegesis
The noun phrase hamizbeach asher lifnei-yhwh {הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה | ham-miẓ-bē-aḥ ʾă-šer lip̄-nê-yə-hō-wāh} specifies the outer altar in God’s presence.
In context — Leviticus 16:18
Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD , and he shall make atonement for it. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar all around.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 16:18, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה (lihfneiyehovah) 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.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.18.W4.S1) and character.