Deuteronomy 3:18:15Deut.3.18.W15PAT
לִפְנֵ֛י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant
- Spanish
- delante de
- Portuguese
- diante de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمام
- Hindi
- के सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在前面
- Korean
- 앞에
- Indonesian
- di depan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- ŋgɔ
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-NEI
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem na-TAN la-KHEM et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH kha-lu-TSIM ta-av-RU lif-NEI a-KHEI-khem be-NEI-yis-ra-EL kol-be-NEI-KHA-yil
- sentence
va-a-TSAV et-KHEM ba-ET ha-HU le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem na-TAN la-KHEM et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH kha-lu-TSIM ta-av-RU lif-NEI a-KHEI-khem be-NEI-yis-ra-EL kol-be-NEI-KHA-yil
In context — Deuteronomy 3:18
commanded you at the time that saying LORD your God gave to you the land this to possess it all men of valor armed cross over before your brothers the sons of Israel
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 3:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 3:18, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֛י (lifnei) 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.3.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.3.18.W15.S1) and character.