Genesis 50:16:6Gen.50.16.W6PAT
לִפְנֵ֥י
lifnei
“before”
- Transliteration
- lif-NEI
- Extended
- lihf-NEE
- IPA
- /lif.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
- French
- avant
- Spanish
- antes de
- Portuguese
- antes de
- German
- vor
- Russian
- перед
- Arabic-Simplified
- قبل
- Hindi
- से पहले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 之前
- Korean
- 전에
- Indonesian
- sebelum
- Bengali
- আগে
- Tagalog
- bago ng
- Swahili
- kabla ya
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- ṣaaju
- Igbo
- tupu
- Twi
- ansa na
- Ewe
- hafi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 mo-TO
- clause
a-VI-kha tsiv-VA lif-NEI mo-TO le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-tsav-VU el-yo-SEF le-MOR a-VI-kha tsiv-VA lif-NEI mo-TO le-MOR
In context — Genesis 50:16
and they commanded to Joseph saying your father commanded before his death saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 50:16, 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.50.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.16.W6.S1) and character.