Numbers 22:33:4Num.22.33.W4TAB
לְפָנַ֔י
lefanai
“before me”
- Transliteration
- le-fa-NAI
- Extended
- leh-fah-NAI
- IPA
- /ləfaˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- before me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-fa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-TET le-fa-NAI
- clause
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM u-LAI nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI KI a-TAH gam-ot-KHA ha-rag-TI ve-o-TAH he-khe-yei-TI
In context — Numbers 22:33
The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from before me, surely by now I would have killed you, and I would have kept her alive .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:33, so the Hebrew word לְפָנַ֔י (lefanai) 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.22.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.33.W4.S1) and character.