Numbers 20:10:5Num.20.10.W5TAB
אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י
elpenei
“before”
- Transliteration
- el-pe-NEI
- Extended
- EHL-pe-NEI
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.pəˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
el-pe-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA
- clause
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The locative phrase el-penei {אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י | ʾel-pə·nê} ‘to the face of’ followed by ha-sela {הַסָּ֑לַע | hassālaʿ} ‘the rock’ locates the people in direct proximity to a natural feature.
Root and etymology
p-n-hPe, Nun, He
“face, before”
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י (elpenei) 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.20.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W5.S1) and character.