Genesis 18:22:9Gen.18.22.W9PAT
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant
- Spanish
- delante de
- Portuguese
- diante de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَمَامَ
- Hindi
- के सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在…面前
- Korean
- 앞에
- Indonesian
- di hadapan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- niwaju
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- le ŋkume
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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 18:22
the men turned from there went toward Sodom but Abraham still stood before LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:22, 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 Gen.18.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.22.W9.S1) and character.