Genesis 13:10:9Gen.13.10.W9PAT
לִפְנֵ֣י
lifenei
“before”
- Transliteration
- li-fe-NEI
- Extended
- lih-feh-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- avant que le
- Spanish
- antes de que el
- Portuguese
- antes de o
- German
- bevor der
- Russian
- прежде чем
- Arabic-Simplified
- قبل أن
- Hindi
- से पहले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 전에
- Indonesian
- sebelum
- Bengali
- আগে
- Tagalog
- bago
- Swahili
- kabla ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- saaju ki
- Igbo
- tupu
- Twi
- ansa na
- Ewe
- hafi
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 | |
| 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
li-fe-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
- sentence
va-yi-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI ku-LAH ma-she-KEH li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
In context — Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted up his eyes he saw all the plain of the Jordan toward Zoar that all of it was well-watered like the garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 13:10, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (lifenei) 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 Gen.13.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.10.W9.S1) and character.