Genesis 47:2:7Gen.47.2.W7PAT
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lifˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- devant
- Spanish
- ante
- Portuguese
- diante de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَمَامَ
- 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 ŋkume na
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Result
לִפְ + נֵ֥י
↓
lif + nei
↓
lifnei
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI far-OH
- clause
va-yat-tsi-GEM lif-NEI far-OH
- sentence
u-mik-TSEH e-KHAV la-KAKH kha-mi-SHA a-na-SHIM va-yat-tsi-GEM lif-NEI far-OH
In context — Genesis 47:2
and from among his brothers He took five men and he presented them before Pharaoh
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 47:2, 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.47.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.2.W7.S1) and character.