Psalm 17:4:1Ps.17.4.W1TAB
לִפְעֻלּ֣וֹת
lifeulot
“concerning the deeds”
- Transliteration
- lif-e-U-lot
- Extended
- lihfeh-OO-lot
- IPA
- /lif.ʔuˈlːoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning the deeds
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-e-U-lot
- clause
lif-e-U-lot a-DAM bid-VAR se-fa-TE-kha
- sentence
lif-e-U-lot a-DAM bid-VAR se-fa-TE-kha a-NI sha-MAR-ti ar-KHOT pa-RITS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional construct lifulot adam {לִפְעֻלוֹת אָדָם | lif-ʿu-lōt ʾā-dām} ‘concerning the deeds of man,’ framing the statement in terms of human action.
Root and etymology
Rootp-'-l
“to do, act”
In context — Psalm 17:4
Concerning the deeds of man, by the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of the violent.
About this coordinate
Psalm 17:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 17:4, so the Hebrew word לִפְעֻלּ֣וֹת (lifeulot) 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 Ps.17.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.17.4.W1.S1) and character.