Leviticus 23:28:13Lev.23.28.W13TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnee
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEE
- Extended
- leef-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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEE
- clause
KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem
- sentence
ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The infinitive le-ḥap̄pēr ’ălêkhem {לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם | lə-ḥap-pēr ʿa-lê-ḵem} ‘to make atonement for you’ expresses purpose, and the prepositional phrase lifnê yəhōwāh ’ĕlōḥê-khem {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | li-p̄nê yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-ḥê-ḵem} ‘before the LORD your God’ locates the ritual within the divine presence, linking the covenant name with the divine title.
In context — Leviticus 23:28
And you shall not do any work on the very day , because it is the Day of Atonements, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (lifnee) 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.23.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W13.S1) and character.