Leviticus 16:15:19Lev.16.15.W19PAT

וְלִפְנֵ֥י

velifnei

before

Transliteration
ve-lif-NEI
Extended
veh-lif-NEE
IPA
/və.lifˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
devant
Spanish
delante de
Portuguese
diante de
German
vor
Russian
перед
Arabic-Simplified
أمام
Hindi
सामने
Chinese-Simplified
在前面
Korean
앞에
Indonesian
di depan
Bengali
সামনে
Tagalog
sa harap
Swahili
mbele ya
Amharic
ፊት ለፊት
Yoruba
níwájú
Igbo
ihu
Twi
anim
Ewe
ŋgɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לִפְ + נֵ֥י
ve + lif + nei
velifnei

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lif-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-lif-NEI ha-ka-PO-ret

  3. clause

    ve-a-SA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEI ha-ka-PO-ret

  4. sentence

    ve-sha-KHAT et-se-IR ha-khat-TAT a-SHER la-AM ve-he-VI et-da-MO el-mib-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet ve-a-SA et-da-MO ka-a-SHER a-SA le-DAM ha-PAR ve-hiz-ZA o-TO al-ha-ka-PO-ret ve-lif-NEI ha-ka-PO-ret

In contextLeviticus 16:15

slaughter goat the sin offering that for the people bring its blood inside the veil do its blood as do blood of the bull sprinkle it upon the mercy seat before the mercy seat

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:15:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Leviticus 16:15, so the Hebrew word וְלִפְנֵ֥י (velifnei) 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 Lev.16.15.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.15.W19.S1) and character.