Genesis 29:26:8Gen.29.26.W8PAT
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- avant
- Spanish
- antes de
- Portuguese
- antes de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- قبل
- Hindi
- पहले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 之前
- Korean
- 앞서
- Indonesian
- sebelum
- Bengali
- আগে
- Tagalog
- bago
- Swahili
- kabla ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- ṣaaju
- Igbo
- tupu
- Twi
- ansa na
- Ewe
- ŋgɔ na
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 hab-be-khi-RA
- clause
la-TET hat-tse-i-RA lif-NEI hab-be-khi-RA
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-VAN lo-ye-a-SE KHEN bim-ko-ME-nu la-TET hat-tse-i-RA lif-NEI hab-be-khi-RA
In context — Genesis 29:26
said Laban is not done so in our place to give the younger before the firstborn
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 29:26, 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.29.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.26.W8.S1) and character.