לפני liphnay lif-nah'ee From the prefixed preposition (to or for) and H6440; anteriorKJV Usage: before.
1 Kings 6:17 (KJV_Strongs) 17 H1004 And the house H1964 , that is, the temple H3942 before H705 it, was forty H520 cubits long .
1 Kings 6:17 (IHOT) 17 H705 וארבעים forty H520 באמה cubits H1961 היה it, was H1004 הבית And the house, H1931 הוא that H1964 ההיכל the temple H6440 לפני׃