Nehemiah 13:4:1Neh.13.4.W1TAB
וְלִפְנֵ֣י
velifne
“and before”
- Transliteration
- ve-lif-NE
- Extended
- veh-lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /vəliˈfneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lif-NE mi-ZE
- clause
ve-lif-NE mi-ZE el-ya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN na-TUN be-lish-KAT BET-e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
ve-lif-NE mi-ZE el-ya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN na-TUN be-lish-KAT BET-e-lo-HE-nu ka-ROV le-to-vi-YA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal prepositional phrase ve-lifnei {וְלִפְנֵ֣י | wə-lip̄-nê} ‘and before’, setting the narrative context.
In context — Nehemiah 13:4
And before this, Eliashib the priest was appointed over the chamber of the house of our God , and he was allied to Tobiah.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Nehemiah 13:4, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֣י (velifne) 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 Neh.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.4.W1.S1) and character.