Numbers 14:37:7Num.14.37.W7TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lif-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ba-ma-ge-FAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH ba-ma-ge-FAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bammaggēp̄āh {בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה | bammaggēp̄āh} ‘by the plague’ marks instrumental agency, while lippənê Yəhōwāh {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lippənê Yəhōwāh} ‘before the LORD’ establishes a locative of presence that emphasizes divine oversight and judicial context. English SVO order preserves Hebrew participial subordination and causal emphasis.
In context — Numbers 14:37
And the men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:37:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:37, 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 Num.14.37.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.37.W7.S1) and character.