Numbers 32:4:5Num.32.4.W5TAB
לִפְנֵי֙
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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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
lif-NEI
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI a-DAT yis-ra-EL E-retz mik-NEH hi
- sentence
ha-A-retz a-SHER hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI a-DAT yis-ra-EL E-retz mik-NEH hi ve-la-a-va-DE-kha mik-NEH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnei {לִפְנֵי֙ | lifnê} ‘before’ plus the construct chain adat {עֲדַ֣ת | ăḏat} ‘assembly’ and Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiśrā-'ēl} ‘Israel’ functions as a spatial adjunct marking the witnessing community.
In context — Numbers 32:4
The land which the LORD struck down before the assembly of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:4, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי֙ (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.32.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.4.W5.S1) and character.