Leviticus 18:23:7Lev.18.23.W7TAB
לִפְנֵ֧י
lifnei
“before an animal”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-NEH
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before an animal
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH
- clause
veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
- sentence
oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH loh-ti-TEN she-KHAV-te-KHA leh-tahm-ah-VAH veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases lifnei behemah {לִפְנֵי בְּהֵמָ֛ה | lipnê bəhemāh} ‘before an animal’ and lerivah {לְרִבְעָהּ | ləriḇʿāh} ‘for copulation’ specify the illicit act.
In context — Leviticus 18:23
With any animal, you shall not have intercourse to defile yourself in it; nor shall a woman stand before an animal for mating; it is perversion .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:23, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֧י (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.18.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.23.W7.S1) and character.