Leviticus 18:27:7Lev.18.27.W7TAB
לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם
lifneikhem
“were before you”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI-khem
- Extended
- leef-NEE-khem
- IPA
- /lifˈneːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- were before you
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 | |
| 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
lif-NEI-khem
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lif-NEI-khem
- clause
KI et-KOL-ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets a-SHER lif-NEI-khem
- sentence
KI et-KOL-ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL a-SU an-SHEI-ha-A-rets a-SHER lif-NEI-khem va-tit-MA ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb ʿāśû {עָשׂוּ | ʿā-śû} denotes completed action by ʾănšê-hāʾāreṣ {אַנְשֵׁי־הָאָרֶץ | ʾăn-šê-hāʾ-ā-reṣ} ‘the people of the land,’ specified by the relative clause ʾăšer lîpnê-kem {אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵיכֶם | ʾă-šer lî-pnê-kem} ‘who were before you.’
In context — Leviticus 18:27
For all these abominations , the people of the land who were before you did them, and the land has become defiled .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:27, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם (lifneikhem) 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.18.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.27.W7.S1) and character.