Numbers 14:43:5Num.14.43.W5TAB
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם
lifneikhem
“before you”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI-khem
- Extended
- leef-NEH-khem
- IPA
- /lifneːˈxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- before you
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lif-NEI-khem
- clause
KI ha-a-ma-LE-ki ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI SHAM lif-NEI-khem u-ne-fal-TEM be-KHA-rev
- sentence
KI ha-a-ma-LE-ki ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI SHAM lif-NEI-khem u-ne-fal-TEM be-KHA-rev ki-al-KEN shav-TEM me-a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-yi-he-YEH Ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The definite nouns ha‘amaleqi {הָעֲמָלֵקִי | ha-‘a-ma-lē-qī} and veha-kena‘ani {וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי | wə-hakkə-na-‘a-nī} specify the adversaries, while sham {שָׁם | šām} plus lifneikhem {לִפְנֵיכֶם | lĭ-p̄nê-ḵem} convey immediate proximity.
In context — Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and you will fall by the sword, therefore you have turned away from the LORD , and the LORD will not be with you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:43, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lifneikhem) 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.14.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.43.W5.S1) and character.