Genesis 36:31:7Gen.36.31.W7PAT

לִפְנֵ֥י

lifnei

before

Transliteration
lif-NEI
Extended
lihf-NEH
IPA
/lif.ˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
avant que
Spanish
antes de que
Portuguese
antes de
German
bevor
Russian
прежде чем
Arabic-Simplified
قبل أن
Hindi
से पहले
Chinese-Simplified
之前
Korean
전에
Indonesian
sebelum
Bengali
আগে
Tagalog
bago
Swahili
kabla ya
Amharic
ከመ
Yoruba
ṣáájú kí
Igbo
tupu
Twi
ansa na
Ewe
hafi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִפְ + נֵ֥י
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 me-lakh-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    ve-EL-leh ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER mal-KHU be-E-rets e-DOM lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

In contextGenesis 36:31

and these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the sons of Israel

About this coordinate

Genesis 36:31:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 36:31, 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.36.31.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.31.W7.S1) and character.