Leviticus 25:16:1Lev.25.16.W1TAB
לְפִ֣י
lefi
“according to”
- Transliteration
- le-FI
- Extended
- leh-FEE
- IPA
- /ləˈfiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-FI
- phraseyour reading level
le-FI ROV ha-sha-NEEM
- clause
le-FI ROV ha-sha-NEEM tar-BEH mik-na-TO oo-le-FI me-OT ha-sha-NEEM ta-me-EET mik-na-TO
- sentence
le-FI ROV ha-sha-NEEM tar-BEH mik-na-TO oo-le-FI me-OT ha-sha-NEEM ta-me-EET mik-na-TO KI mis-PAR te-vu-OT HU mo-KHER LAKH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional head lefi {לְפִ֣י | lə-p̄î} ‘according to’, establishing a proportional framework that governs two parallel clauses linked by the conjunction ū {וּ | ū} ‘and’.
In context — Leviticus 25:16
In accordance with the abundance of years, you shall increase his purchase , and in accordance with the scarcity of years, you shall diminish his purchase, for it is the number of harvests that he is selling to you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 25:16, so the Hebrew word לְפִ֣י (lefi) 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.25.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.16.W1.S1) and character.