Leviticus 18:30:9Lev.18.30.W9TAB
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם
lifneikhem
“before you”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI-KHEM
- Extended
- lif-NEE-KHEHM
- IPA
- /lif.neː.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM
- clause
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM
- sentence
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer naʿăšû {אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשׂ֣וּ | ʾăšer naʿăšû} ‘which were done’ with lippənêḵem {לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | lippənêḵem} ‘before you’ recalls prior practices.
In context — Leviticus 18:30
And you shall keep my charge so as not to do any of the statutes of the abominations that were done before you, and you shall not become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (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.18.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W9.S1) and character.