Proverbs 16:18:3Prov.16.18.W3TAB
וְלִפְנֵ֥י
velifne
“and before”
- Transliteration
- ve-lif-NE
- Extended
- veh-lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /vəlifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and before
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Word in context
- word
ve-lif-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon
- clause
ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
- sentence
lif-NE-she-VER ga-ON ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
Exegesis
The verse employs synonymous parallelism by repeating lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lĭp̂nê} ‘before’ to join two coordinate clauses.
In context — Proverbs 16:18
Pride comes before destruction, and a haughty spirit comes before a fall.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֥י (velifne) 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.16.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.18.W3.S1) and character.