Genesis 23:12:3Gen.23.12.W3PAT
לִפְנֵ֖י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant le
- Spanish
- ante el
- Portuguese
- diante do
- German
- vor dem
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمام
- Hindi
- के सामने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当着
- Korean
- 앞에서
- Indonesian
- di hadapan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- le ŋgɔ na
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
- sentence
va-yish-ta-KHU av-ra-HAM lif-NEI AM ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 23:12
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 23:12, 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 Gen.23.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.12.W3.S1) and character.