Leviticus 26:17:2Lev.26.17.W2TAB
פָנַי֙
fanai
“my face”
- Transliteration
- fa-NAI
- Extended
- fah-NAI
- IPA
- /fa.ˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
fa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
veh-nah-tat-TEE fa-NAI
- clause
veh-nah-tat-TEE fa-NAI ba-KHEM veh-ni-gaf-TEM lif-NEI oy-VEI-KHEM
- sentence
veh-nah-tat-TEE fa-NAI ba-KHEM veh-ni-gaf-TEM lif-NEI oy-VEI-KHEM veh-rah-DOO ba-KHEM soh-NEI-KHEM veh-nas-TEM veh-ehn-roh-DEHF eht-KHEM
Exegesis
The idiom panai {פָנַי | pā-nāy} ‘my face’ in construct expresses intentional opposition when paired with the preposition bakhem {בָּכֶם | bā-khem} ‘against you.’
Root and etymology
p-n-hp-n-h
“face, turn toward”
In context — Leviticus 26:17
And I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee though no one is pursuing you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 26:17, so the Hebrew word פָנַי֙ (fanai) 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.26.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.17.W2.S1) and character.