Genesis 48:15:8Gen.48.15.W8PAT

לְפָנָיו֙

lefanav

before him

Transliteration
le-fa-NAV
Extended
leh-fah-NAAV
IPA
/lə.faː.ˈnaːw/

Meaning by language

English
before him
French
devant lui
Spanish
delante de él
Portuguese
diante dele
German
vor ihm
Russian
пред Ним
Arabic-Simplified
أَمَامَهُ
Hindi
उसके सामने
Chinese-Simplified
在他面前
Korean
그 앞에서
Indonesian
di hadapannya
Bengali
তাঁর সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap niya
Swahili
mbele zake
Amharic
በፊቱ
Yoruba
níwájú rẹ̀
Igbo
n'ihu ya
Twi
n'anim no
Ewe
le eƒome

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + פָ + נָיו֙
le + fa + nav
lefanav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-fa-NAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER hit-hal-KHU a-vo-TAI le-fa-NAV

  3. clause

    ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER hit-hal-KHU a-vo-TAI le-fa-NAV av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ro-EH o-TI me-o-DI ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-VA-rekh et-yo-SEF va-yo-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER hit-hal-KHU a-vo-TAI le-fa-NAV av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ro-EH o-TI me-o-DI ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH

In contextGenesis 48:15

{And} he blessed Joseph he said the God who walked my fathers before him Abraham and Isaac the God the one shepherding me from my beginning until this day

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 48:15, so the Hebrew word לְפָנָיו֙ (lefanav) 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.48.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.15.W8.S1) and character.