Numbers 15:25:16Num.15.25.W16TAB

לִפְנֵ֥י

lifnei

before

Transliteration
lif-NEI
Extended
lif-NEI
IPA
/lifˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
before

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִפְ + נֵ֥י
lif + nei
lifnei

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    lif-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM

  4. sentence

    ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-KOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-nis-LAKH la-HEM ki-she-ga-GAH hu ve-HEM he-vi-U et-kar-ba-NAM ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khat-ta-TAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-shig-ga-TAM

Exegesis

The coordinated clause heviu et-korbanam isheh la-YHWH ve-chatatam lifnei YHWH {הֵבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָ֜ם אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֗ה וְחַטָּאתָ֛ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה | he-wîʾū ʾet-qā-rə-bā-nām ʾîš-šêh lă-yəhō-wāh wə-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾā-tām li-phnê yə-hō-wāh} ‘they have brought their offering—a fire offering to the LORD and their sin offering before the LORD’ presents parallel sacrificial acts.

In contextNumbers 15:25

And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and it will be forgiven to them, for it was an unintentional error , and they have presented their offerings—a fire offering to the LORD —and their sin offering before the LORD for their error.

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 15:25, 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.15.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.25.W16.S1) and character.