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
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 me-lakh-ME-lekh
- clause
lif-NEI me-lakh-ME-lekh liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- 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 context — Genesis 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.