Numbers 18:2:15Num.18.2.W15TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-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
- clause
ve-a-TA u-va-NEI-kha it-TACH lif-NEI O-hel ha-e-DUT
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-a-KHEI-kha mat-TEH le-VI SHE-vet a-VI-kha hak-REV it-TACH ve-yil-LA-vu a-LEI-kha vi-shar-te-KHA ve-a-TA u-va-NEI-kha it-TACH lif-NEI O-hel ha-e-DUT
Exegesis
Finally, the locative lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-p̄nê} ‘before’ introduces ohel ha’edut {אֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת | ʾō-hel hā-ʿê-ḏût} ‘tent of the testimony’, defining the sacred space for priestly ministry.
In context — Numbers 18:2
And also bring near your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, to be with you, and they will be joined to you and serve you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony .
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:2:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 18:2, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (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.18.2.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.2.W15.S1) and character.