צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה
Rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity ) · 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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צְדָקָה H6666 rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )
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 צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (tsedaqah lifnei YHWH) mean in the Bible?
צְדָקָה · פָּנִים · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude ), objectively ( justice ), morally ( virtue ) or figuratively ( prosperity )".
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Meaning
Word Origins
צְדָקָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה is built from this root:
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.