Genesis 48:20:15Gen.48.20.W15PAT
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
- أَمَامَ
- Hindi
- के आगे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在前于
- Korean
- 앞에
- Indonesian
- di depan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa harap ng
- Swahili
- mbele ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- ní iwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- anim
- Ewe
- ɖo ŋgɔ na
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-na-SHE
- clause
va-YA-sem et-ef-RA-yim lif-NEI me-na-SHE
- sentence
va-ye-va-ra-KHEM bai-YOM ha-HU le-MOR be-KHA ye-va-REKH yis-ra-EL le-MOR ye-sim-KHA e-lo-HIM ke-ef-RA-yim ve-khim-na-SHE va-YA-sem et-ef-RA-yim lif-NEI me-na-SHE
In context — Genesis 48:20
{And} he blessed them on the day that saying by you will bless Israel saying may make you God like Ephraim and like Manasseh {And} he placed Ephraim before Manasseh
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 48:20, 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.48.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.20.W15.S1) and character.