Leviticus 23:20:8Lev.23.20.W8TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM
- sentence
ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The noun tenupah {תְּנוּפָה֙ | tə-nû-p̄āh} ‘wave offering’ precedes lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה | li-p̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’, highlighting the liturgical gesture directed toward the divine.
In context — Leviticus 23:20
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifnei) 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.23.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W8.S1) and character.