Proverbs 8:25:4Prov.8.25.W4TAB
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifne
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE
- clause
lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-lal-TI
- sentence
be-TE-rem ha-RIM ha-te-BA-u lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-lal-TI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the preposition beterem {בְּטֶרֶם | bə-ṭer-em} ‘before’, establishing temporal priority that is echoed by the preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lî-p̄nē} ‘before’.
The construct sequence lifnei geva‘ôṯ {לִפְנֵי גְבָע֣וֹת | lî-p̄nē ge-vā-ʿôṯ} extends this parallelism to the hills, reinforcing poetic symmetry.
In context — Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled , before the hills, I was brought forth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 8:25, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (lifne) 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.8.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.25.W4.S1) and character.