Numbers 16:7:3Num.16.7.W3TAB
לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מָחָר
lifnei yehovah makhar
“before the LORD tomorrow”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR
- Extended
- leef-NEI yeh-ho-VAH ma-KHAHR
- IPA
- /lifˈneː jəhoˈvaː maˈħaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- before the LORD tomorrow
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR
- sentence
u-te-NU-va-HEN ESH ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH RAV-la-KHEM be-NEI-LE-vi
Exegesis
Fire (esh {אֵ֡שׁ | ʾêš}) is placed in the pans (behem {בָהֵ֣ן | ba-hên}) and incense (ketoret {קְטֹ֜רֶת | qə-ṭō-ret}) upon them (aleihen {עֲלֵיהֶ֨ן | ʿa-lê-hen}), while lifnei {לִפְנֵ֤י | li-pə-nê} ‘before’ frames the act at the divine presence YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-wāh}.
Tomorrow (machar {מָחָ֔ר | mā-ḥār}) sets the scheduled appointment.
Root and etymology
Rootheh-vav-heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Numbers 16:7
You shall place fire in them and set incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be holy . It is too much for you, sons of Levi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:7, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי יְהוָה מָחָר (lifnei yehovah makhar) 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.7.W3.S1) and character.