Genesis 41:46:5Gen.41.46.W5PAT

לִפְנֵ֖י

lifnei

before

Transliteration
lif-NEI
Extended
lif-NEE
IPA
/lif.ˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
devant
Spanish
ante
Portuguese
diante de
German
vor
Russian
перед
Arabic-Simplified
أمام
Hindi
के सामने
Chinese-Simplified
面前
Korean
앞에
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

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Result
לִפְ + נֵ֖י
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. clause

    ve-yo-SEF ben-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA be-om-DO lif-NEI par-O me-lekh-mits-RA-yim

  3. sentence

    ve-yo-SEF ben-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA be-om-DO lif-NEI par-O me-lekh-mits-RA-yim va-ye-TSE yo-SEF mil-lif-NEI far-O va-ya-e-VOR be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim

In contextGenesis 41:46

and Joseph thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt went out Joseph from before Pharaoh he traversed all the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 41:46, 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.41.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.46.W5.S1) and character.