Numbers 17:9:4Num.17.9.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:24

מִלִּפְנֵי

milifnei

from before

Transliteration
mi-lif-NEI
Extended
mih-lif-NEI
IPA
/mil.lipˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
from before

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + לִּפְ + נֵי
mi + lif + nei
milifnei

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
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

    mi-lif-NEI

  2. sentence

    va-yo-TSE mo-SHEH ET-KOL-ha-ma-TOT mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-REU va-yik-KHU EESH ma-TE-hu

Exegesis

The phrase milifnei YHWH {מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה | mīlappnê Yəhōwāh} ‘from before the LORD’ establishes a sacred locus, while el kol benei Yisrael {אֶל־כָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel kol bənê yiśrāʾēl} ‘to all the sons of Israel’ frames collective participation.

In contextNumbers 17:9

And Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the sons of Israel. They saw, and each man took his staff .

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 17:9, so the Hebrew word מִלִּפְנֵי (milifnei) 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.9.W4.S1) and character.