Genesis 23:17:7Gen.23.17.W7PAT

לִפְנֵ֣י

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
在前面
Korean
앞에
Indonesian
di depan
Bengali
সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap ng
Swahili
mbele ya
Amharic
ፊት ለፊት
Yoruba
ní iwaju
Igbo
n'ihu
Twi
anim
Ewe
le ŋgɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִפְ + נֵ֣י
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 mam-RE

  3. clause

    va-ya-KAM se-DE ef-RON a-SHER bam-makh-pe-LA a-SHER lif-NEI mam-RE

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KAM se-DE ef-RON a-SHER bam-makh-pe-LA a-SHER lif-NEI mam-RE ha-sa-DE ve-ha-me-a-RA a-sher-BO ve-khol-ha-ETS a-SHER ba-sa-DE a-SHER be-khol-ge-vu-LO sa-VIV

In contextGenesis 23:17

was transferred field of Ephron that was in Machpelah that was before Mamre the field and the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field that was through all its boundary around

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 23:17, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵ֣י (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.23.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.17.W7.S1) and character.