Leviticus 20:6:9Lev.20.6.W9TAB
אֶת־פָּנַי֙
etpanai
“my face”
- Transliteration
- et-pa-NAI
- Extended
- EHT-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-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The noun panai {פָּנַי | pā-nāy} ‘my face’ signals focused opposition, while ha-hi {הַהִיא | ha-hî-’î} ‘that one’ resumes the subject.
Root and etymology
Rootpeh-nun-heh
“face; presence”
In context — Leviticus 20:6
And the soul who turns to the mediums and the spiritists, to prostitute themselves after them, I will set my face against that soul and will cut it off from the midst of its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פָּנַי֙ (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.20.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.6.W9.S1) and character.