1 Chronicles 21:16:221 Chr.21.16.W22TAB
עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
alpenehem
“upon their faces”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-ne-HEM
- Extended
- ahl-peh-neh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəneːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon their faces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-ne-HEM
- clause
va-yi-POL da-VID ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM me-khu-SIM ba-sak-KIM al-pe-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-yi-SA da-VID et-E-NAI-v va-yar-E et-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH o-MED BEN ha-A-rets u-VEN ha-sha-MA-yim ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO ne-tu-YA al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yi-POL da-VID ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM me-khu-SIM ba-sak-KIM al-pe-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The second wayyippōl {וַיִּפֹּל | wayyippōl} ‘and he fell’ shifts focus to David’s reaction, followed by wə-hazqēnîm {וְהַזְּקֵנִים | wə-hazqēnîm} ‘and the elders’ and the Pual participle mĕḵussîm {מְכֻסִּים | mĕḵussîm} ‘covered’ with ba-sāqqîm {בַּשַּׂקִּים | ba-sāqqîm} ‘in sackcloth’ and ʿal-pənehêm {עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם | ʿal-pənehêm} ‘upon their faces,’ denoting mourning and submission in response to divine presence.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:16:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ (alpenehem) 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.21.16.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.16.W22.S1) and character.