לִפְנֵי מְלָךְ־מֶלֶךְ לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
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.) · to reign ; inceptively, to ascend the throne ; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel · a king · a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · He will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of His posterity
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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.)
מָלַךְ H4427 to reign ; inceptively, to ascend the throne ; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
What does לִפְנֵי מְלָךְ־מֶלֶךְ לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (lifnei melakh-melekh livnei Yisra'el) mean in the Bible?
פָּנִים · מָלַךְ · מֶלֶךְ · בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew word meaning "before any king reigned over the Israelites".
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