1 Kings 18:39:31 Kgs.18.39.W3TAB
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ
vayiplu
“and they fell”
- Transliteration
- va-yip-LU
- Extended
- vah-yihp-LUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jipˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they fell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yip-LU
- clause
va-YAR kal-ha-AM va-yip-LU al-pe-NE-hem
- sentence
va-YAR kal-ha-AM va-yip-LU al-pe-NE-hem va-yo-ME-ru ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The clause wayippəlu ʿal pənêhem {וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם | wayippə·lû ʿal pə·nê·hem} ‘and they fell upon their faces’ depicts reverent prostration through a prepositional phrase of direction.
In context — 1 Kings 18:39
And all the people saw and fell on their faces and said, “The LORD is God; the LORD is God.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:39, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (vayiplu) 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 Kgs.18.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.39.W3.S1) and character.