Leviticus 23:40:14Lev.23.40.W14TAB
לִפְנֵ֛י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- 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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Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- clause
oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- sentence
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
The command u-sə-maḥ-ṯem lif-nê Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem {וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | u-sə-maḥ-ṯem lif-nê Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God’ links communal joy to divine presence.
In context — Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:40:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֛י (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.23.40.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W14.S1) and character.