Exodus 6:12:3Exod.6.12.W3PAT

לִפְנֵ֥י

lifnei

before

Transliteration
lif-NEI
Extended
lihf-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
在面前
Korean
앞에서
Indonesian
di hadapan
Bengali
সম্মুখে
Tagalog
sa harap ng
Swahili
mbele ya
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
niwaju
Igbo
n'ihu
Twi
anim
Ewe
le ngɔ

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Result
לִפְ + נֵ֥י
lif + nei
lifnei

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    lif-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR HEN be-nei-yis-ra-EL lo-sham-U e-LAI ve-EIKH yish-ma-E-ni par-OH va-a-NI a-RAL se-fa-TA-yim

In contextExodus 6:12

and spoke Moses before LORD saying behold sons of Israel did not listen to me and how will listen to me Pharaoh and I uncircumcised of lips

About this coordinate

Exodus 6:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 6:12, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֥י (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 Exod.6.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.12.W3.S1) and character.