Leviticus 16:2:12Lev.16.2.W12TAB
אֶל־פְּנֵ֨י
elpenee
“before”
- Transliteration
- el-pe-NEE
- Extended
- EHL-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
el-pe-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret
- clause
el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret
Exegesis
A series of prepositional phrases—ʾel haqqōdeš {אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ | ʾel haqqōdeš} ‘into the sanctuary’, mibbēt lappārōḵeṯ {מִבֵּ֖ית לַפָּרֹכֶת | mibbēt lappārōḵeṯ} ‘inside the curtain’, and ʾel pənê hakkappōreṯ {אֶל־פְּנֵי הַכַּפֹּרֶת | ʾel pənê hakkappōreṯ} ‘before the atonement cover’—delineate sacred access, culminating in the relative clause ʾăšer ʿal hārōn {אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָאָרֹן | ʾăšer ʿal hārōn} specifying the ark.
In context — Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain, before the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the atonement cover.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פְּנֵ֨י (elpenee) 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.16.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.2.W12.S1) and character.