Deuteronomy 4:44:5Deut.4.44.W5PAT
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- leef-NEI
- IPA
- /lifˈnej/
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
- Korean
- 앞에
- Indonesian
- di hadapan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- ŋkume
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לִפְ + נֵ֖י
↓
lif + nei
↓
lifnei
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- clause
a-sher-SAM mo-SHEH lif-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ZOT ha-to-RA a-sher-SAM mo-SHEH lif-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
In context — Deuteronomy 4:44
And this the law placed Moses before sons of Israel
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 4:44, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֖י (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.4.44.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.44.W5.S1) and character.