Leviticus 20:5:3Lev.20.5.W3TAB
אֶת־פָּנַ֛י
etpanai
“my face”
- Transliteration
- et-pa-NAI
- Extended
- EET-pah-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔet.paˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-pa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI
- clause
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO
- sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
Exegesis
The idiom pānāy {פָּנַי | pānāy} ‘my face’ functions as a metaphor for divine presence and hostility toward the offender.
Root and etymology
Rootp-n-h
“face, presence”
In context — Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פָּנַ֛י (etpanai) 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.20.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W3.S1) and character.