Genesis 50:18:4Gen.50.18.W4PAT

לְפָנָ֑יו

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
перед ним
Arabic-Simplified
أمامه
Hindi
उसके सामने
Chinese-Simplified
在他面前
Korean
그 앞에
Indonesian
di hadapannya
Bengali
তার সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap niya
Swahili
mbele yake
Amharic
በፊቱ
Yoruba
níwájú rẹ̀
Igbo
n'ihu ya
Twi
n'anim
Ewe
le eŋku me

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Result
לְ + פָ + נָ֑יו
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. clause

    va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV

  3. sentence

    va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV va-yom-RU hin-NEN-nu le-KHA la-a-va-DIM

In contextGenesis 50:18

and they came also his brothers and they fell down before him and they said here we are to you as servants

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 50:18, so the Hebrew word לְפָנָ֑יו (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.50.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.18.W4.S1) and character.