Deuteronomy 2:12:4Deut.2.12.W4PAT

לְפָנִים֒

lehfaneem

formerly

Transliteration
leh-fa-NEEM
Extended
leh-fa-NEEM
IPA
/ləfaˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
formerly
French
autrefois
Spanish
antiguamente
Portuguese
antigamente
German
früher
Russian
прежде
Arabic-Simplified
قديماً
Hindi
पहले
Chinese-Simplified
从前
Korean
예전에
Indonesian
dahulu
Bengali
আগে
Tagalog
noon
Swahili
zamani
Amharic
ቀድሞ
Yoruba
tele
Igbo
mbu
Twi
kan no
Ewe
tete

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + פָ + נִים֒
leh + fa + neem
lehfaneem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-fa-NEEM

  2. clause

    oo-veh-seh-EER yah-sheh-VOO ha-kho-REEM leh-fa-NEEM oo-veh-NAY eh-SAV yee-rah-SHOOM vah-yash-MEE-doom mip-peh-NEE-HEM vah-yeh-SHEH-VOO takh-TAAM

  3. sentence

    oo-veh-seh-EER yah-sheh-VOO ha-kho-REEM leh-fa-NEEM oo-veh-NAY eh-SAV yee-rah-SHOOM vah-yash-MEE-doom mip-peh-NEE-HEM vah-yeh-SHEH-VOO takh-TAAM kah-ah-SHER ah-SA yis-ra-EL leh-E-retz yeh-roo-sha-TO ah-shehr-na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH lah-HEM

In contextDeuteronomy 2:12

the Horites dwelt and in Seir formerly and sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and they dwelt in their place as Israel did to the land his inheritance which gave LORD to them

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 2:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 2:12, so the Hebrew word לְפָנִים֒ (lehfaneem) 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 Deut.2.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.2.12.W4.S1) and character.