Leviticus 24:8:6Lev.24.8.W6TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
be-YOM ha-sha-BAT be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ya-ar-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ta-MEED
- sentence
be-YOM ha-sha-BAT be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ya-ar-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ta-MEED me-ET beh-nee-yis-ra-EL be-REET o-LAM
Exegesis
The preposition lifnê {לִפְנֵ֥י | lif-nê} ‘before/in the presence of’ with YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} specifies spatial proximity.
In context — Leviticus 24:8
On each Sabbath day he shall arrange it before the LORD continually, as a perpetual covenant from the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:8, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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.24.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.8.W6.S1) and character.