Genesis 17:1:15Gen.17.1.W15PAT

לְפָנַ֖י

lefanai

before me

Transliteration
le-fa-NAI
Extended
leh-fah-NAI
IPA
/lə.fa.ˈnaj/

Meaning by language

English
before me
French
devant moi
Spanish
delante de mí
Portuguese
diante de mim
German
vor mir
Russian
предо мною
Arabic-Simplified
أمامي
Hindi
मेरे सामने
Chinese-Simplified
在我面前
Korean
내 앞에서
Indonesian
di hadapanku
Bengali
আমার সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap ko
Swahili
mbele yangu
Amharic
በፊቴ
Yoruba
niwaju mi
Igbo
n'ihu m
Twi
m'anim
Ewe
le ŋkunye

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Result
לְ + פָ + נַ֖י
le + fa + nai
lefanai

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-fa-NAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI

  3. clause

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-ti-she-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM

In contextGenesis 17:1

Abram was son of ninety year and nine years LORD appeared to Abram said to him I am God Almighty walk before me be blameless

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 17:1, so the Hebrew word לְפָנַ֖י (lefanai) 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.17.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.1.W15.S1) and character.