Numbers 32:21:5Num.32.21.W5TAB
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-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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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-VAR la-KHEM kol-kha-LUTS et-ha-yar-DEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-VAR la-KHEM kol-kha-LUTS et-ha-yar-DEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH AD ho-ri-SHO et-oy-va-VAV mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnē YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lif-nē yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ establishes cultic proximity.
In context — Numbers 32:21
And all of you who are armed will cross the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven out His enemies from before Him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:21, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (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.32.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.21.W5.S1) and character.