Proverbs 14:12:4Prov.14.12.W4TAB
לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ
lifneish
“before a man”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE-Ish
- Extended
- lihf-NEE-EESH
- IPA
- /lifˈneː.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- before a man
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE-Ish
- clause
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-NE-Ish
- sentence
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-NE-Ish ve-a-kha-ri-TAH dar-KHE-MA-vet
Exegesis
The verse begins with the existential particle yesh {יֵ֤שׁ | yēš} ‘there is’, which introduces a general truth. The nominal clause derekh yashar lifnei ish establishes ‘a way upright before a man,’ where adjective-noun word order and the prepositional phrase lifnei ish highlight subjective perception.
In context — Proverbs 14:12
A way may look right before a man, but its end is the road to death.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:12, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ (lifneish) 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 Prov.14.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.12.W4.S1) and character.