Numbers 27:21:1Num.27.21.W1TAB

וְלִפְנֵ֨י

velifnei

“and before”

Transliteration: ve-lif-NEI
Extended: veh-lif-NEE
IPA: /və.lifˈneː/

Meaning by language

English: and before

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + לִפְ + נֵ֨י

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ve + lif + nei

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velifnei

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-lif-NEI
phraseyour reading level
ve-lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN
clause
ve-lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ya-a-MOD ve-sha-AL LO be-mish-PAT ha-u-RIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
sentence
ve-lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ya-a-MOD ve-sha-AL LO be-mish-PAT ha-u-RIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-PIU ye-tse-U ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U HU ve-KOL-be-NEI-yis-ra-EL it-TO ve-KOL-ha-e-DA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase wə-lipnê ʾel-ʿā-zār ha-kô-hên {וְלִפְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ | wə-lipnê ʾel-ʿā-zār ha-kô-hên} ‘and before Eleazar the priest’ foregrounds priestly mediation.

In context — Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD ; at his command they shall go out, and at his command they shall come in—he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the congregation .

About this coordinate

Numbers 27:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 27:21, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֨י (velifnei) 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.27.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.21.W1.S1) and character.

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