1 Chronicles 21:13:61 Chr.21.13.W6TAB
אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א
epelana
“let me fall, please”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-LA-na
- Extended
- eh-peh-LAA-nah
- IPA
- /ʔɛp.pəˈlaː.nă/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me fall, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
e-pe-LA-na
- phraseyour reading level
e-pe-LA-na ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH
- 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 request ʾeppəlāh-nāʾ {אֶפְּלָה־נָּא | ʾeppəlāh-nāʾ} ‘let me fall, please’ is a first-person cohortative expressing a voluntary submission, softened by nāʾ as a polite entreaty.
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 21:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 21:13, so the Hebrew word אֶפְּלָה־נָּ֣א (epelana) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.13.W6.S1) and character.