1 Kings 18:7:91 Kgs.18.7.W9TAB
עַל־פָּנָ֔יו
alpanaiv
“on his face”
- Transliteration
- al-pa-NAIV
- Extended
- ahl-paa-NAAV
- IPA
- /ʕal.paːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his face
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
al-pa-NAIV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV
- clause
va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayakkirehu {וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙ | wə-ya-kki-rê-hu} ‘and he recognized him’, vayipol {וַיִּפֹּ֣ל | wə-yip-pol} ‘and he fell’, and the prepositional phrase al-panav {עַל־פָּנָ֔יו | al-pa-nav} ‘upon his face’—depicts immediate reverence.
In context — 1 Kings 18:7
And it happened as Obadiah was on the way that behold Elijah came to meet him; and he recognized him and fell on his face , and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־פָּנָ֔יו (alpanaiv) 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.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.7.W9.S1) and character.