וְלִפְנֵ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלִפְנֵ֥י

   ve-lif-NEI

   and before
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע

   ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA

   and before it breaks out or it bursts forth
3. clause🔊 וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃

   ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA ha-RIV ne-TOSH

   and before it breaks out or it bursts forth the quarrel leave it or abandon
4. sentence🔊 פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃

   PO-ter MA-yim re-SHIT ma-DON ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA ha-RIV ne-TOSH

   one who releases or lets go water beginning of strife or dispute and before it breaks out or it bursts forth the quarrel leave it or abandon

Exegesis

The conjunction plus preposition ve-lifnei {וְלִפְנֵי | wə·lî·p̄nê} ‘and before’ introduces a temporal clause headed by the Hitpael infinitive construct hitgalla {הִתְגַּלַּע | hit·gal·lâʿ} ‘burst forth’ and its object ha-riv {הָרִיב | hā·rîḇ} ‘the quarrel’.