יֹשְׁבִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה
Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell , to remain ; causatively, to settle , to marry · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.) · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
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יָשַׁב H3427 properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell , to remain ; causatively, to settle , to marry
פָּנִים H6440 the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
What does יֹשְׁבִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (yōšĕḇîm lip̄nê YHWH) mean in the Bible?
יָשַׁב · פָּנִים · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew word meaning "those dwelling before the LORD".
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