Numbers 20:3:10Num.20.3.W10TAB
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, liphnei YHWH {לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה | li-p̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} introduces a judicial and theological dimension. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew sequence and legal tone while clarifying the emotional and divine relational emphasis.
Root and etymology
p-n-hPe, Nun, He
“face, before”
In context — Numbers 20:3
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD ."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 20:3, 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.20.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W10.S1) and character.