liph.nay denotes the position of the temple house before the inner sanctuary in 1 Kings 6:17.

The sole occurrence places the temple house in a before-relation to what follows within the temple setting in 1 Kings 6:17.

1. Position before the inner temple area · dominant

   In 1 Kings 6:17, the construct masculine plural form occurs in the clause describing the house and its measured length; the APB renders the verse, "Forty cubits was the house; it was the temple before it." This supports a before-relation within the temple description.

   1 Kings 6:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Kings 6:17, the APB presents the relevant relation with "before it" in its description of the temple house. Its precise correspondence to the form cannot be isolated beyond the verse's overall spatial description.