Leviticus 18:24:9Lev.18.24.W9TAB
מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃
mipenekhem
“from before you”
- Transliteration
- mi-pe-NE-khem
- Extended
- mee-peh-NEH-khem
- IPA
- /mip.peˈneː.xem/
Meaning by language
- English
- from before you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-pe-NE-khem
- clause
KI be-khol-EH-leh nit-me-OO ha-go-YIM a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh mi-pe-NE-khem
- sentence
al-ti-tam-me-OO be-khol-EH-leh KI be-khol-EH-leh nit-me-OO ha-go-YIM a-sher-a-NI me-shal-LEH-akh mi-pe-NE-khem
Exegesis
The locative mippeneikhem {מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם | mî-pᵉnê-kem} ‘from before you’ situates Israel as covenant heirs. The parallel structure between prohibition and rationale highlights Israel’s call to holiness by contrasting it with the impurity of the nations.
In context — Leviticus 18:24
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these the nations that I am driving out from before you have defiled themselves.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 18:24, so the Hebrew word מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ (mipenekhem) 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.18.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.24.W9.S1) and character.