Proverbs 16:25:4Prov.16.25.W4TAB
לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ
lifneeish
“before a man”
- Transliteration
- lif-ne-EISH
- Extended
- lihf-neh-EESH
- IPA
- /lifˈneː.ˈʔiːʃ/
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-EISH
- clause
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-ne-EISH
- sentence
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-ne-EISH ve-a-kha-ri-TAH dar-KHE-MA-vet
Exegesis
The nominal clause derekh yashar {דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר | de-reḵ yā-šār} ‘upright way’ is modified by the prepositional phrase lifnei ish {לִפְנֵי־אִישׁ | li-p̄nê ʾîš} indicating human perspective.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ y š
“man, individual”
In context — Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right before a man, but its end is the ways of death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:25, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ (lifneeish) 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.16.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.25.W4.S1) and character.