Genesis 43:15:13Gen.43.15.W13PAT

לִפְנֵ֥י

lifnei

before

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

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
面前
Korean
앞에
Indonesian
di hadapan
Bengali
সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap ni
Swahili
mbele ya
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
níwájú
Igbo
n'ihu
Twi
anim
Ewe
le ŋgɔ na

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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 yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-ya-ku-MU va-yer-DU mits-RA-yim va-ya-am-DU lif-NEI yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM ET-ham-min-KHA haz-ZOT u-mish-neh-KE-sef lak-KHU ve-ya-DAM ve-ET-bin-ya-MIN va-ya-ku-MU va-yer-DU mits-RA-yim va-ya-am-DU lif-NEI yo-SEF

In contextGenesis 43:15

{They} took the men gift this and double money they took in their hand and Benjamin they arose they went down to Egypt they stood before Joseph

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 43:15, 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.43.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.15.W13.S1) and character.