Malachi 2:3:7Mal.2.3.W7TAB
עַל־פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם
alpenekhem
“upon your faces {plural}”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE-khem
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEH-khehm
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː.χɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your faces {plural}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE-khem
- clause
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem
- sentence
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem ve-na-SA et-ke-KHEM e-LAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal pə-nê-ḵem {עַל־פְּנֵיכֶם | ʿal pə-nê-ḵem} specifies the object of defilement.
In context — Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring , and I will throw dung upon your faces—the dung of your feasts—and you will be carried away with it.
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Malachi 2:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם (alpenekhem) 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 Mal.2.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.3.W7.S1) and character.