1 Chronicles 21:13:121 Chr.21.13.W12TAB
אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃
alepol
“do not let me fall”
- Transliteration
- al-e-POL
- Extended
- ahl-eh-POHL
- IPA
- /ʔal.ʔɛˈpoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not let me fall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
al-e-POL
- clause
e-pe-LA-na ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH ki-ra-BIM ra-kha-MAV me-OD u-ve-yad-a-DAM al-e-POL
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-GAD tsar-LI me-OD e-pe-LA-na ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH ki-ra-BIM ra-kha-MAV me-OD u-ve-yad-a-DAM al-e-POL
Exegesis
The final prohibition ʾal-ʾeppōl {אַל־אֶפֹּל | ʾal-ʾeppōl} uses negated jussive force to express a firm plea: not merely preference, but a decisive refusal to be delivered to human harshness.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:13
And David said to Gad, “I am greatly distressed; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD , for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 21:13, so the Hebrew word אַל־אֶפֹּֽל׃ (alepol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.13.W12.S1) and character.