Numbers 3:7:5Num.3.7.W5TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
leefnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- leef-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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Word in context
- word
leef-NEI
- clause
ve-sham-RU et-mish-MAR-to ve-et-mish-ME-ret kol-ha-ey-DA leef-NEI O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-sham-RU et-mish-MAR-to ve-et-mish-ME-ret kol-ha-ey-DA leef-NEI O-hel mo-ED la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT ha-mish-KAN
Exegesis
The spatial prepositional phrase lifnei ʾōhel mōʿêd {לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | li-pnê ʾō-hel mō-ʿêd} ‘before the Tent of Meeting’ situates the duties at the central sanctuary.
In context — Numbers 3:7
And they shall guard his charge and the charge of the entire assembly before the Tent of Meeting, to perform the service of the Tabernacle.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 3:7, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (leefnei) 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.3.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.7.W5.S1) and character.