וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙

   va-yip-PE-lu

   and they fell
2. clause🔊 וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יוֹנָתָ֔ן וְנֹשֵׂ֥א כֵלָ֖יו מְמוֹתֵ֥ת אַחֲרָֽיו׃

   va-yip-PE-lu lif-NE yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE khe-LAV me-mo-TET a-kha-RAV

   and they fell before Jonathan and the bearer of his equipment killing after him
3. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣עַל יוֹנָתָ֗ן עַל־יָדָיו֙ וְעַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וְנֹשֵׂ֥א כֵלָ֖יו אַחֲרָ֑יו וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יוֹנָתָ֔ן וְנֹשֵׂ֥א כֵלָ֖יו מְמוֹתֵ֥ת אַחֲרָֽיו׃

   va-YA-al yo-na-TAN al-ya-DAV ve-al-rag-LAV ve-no-SE khe-LAV a-kha-RAV va-yip-PE-lu lif-NE yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE khe-LAV me-mo-TET a-kha-RAV

   and he went up Jonathan on his hands and on his feet and the bearer of his equipment after him and they fell before Jonathan and the bearer of his equipment killing after him

Exegesis

The result clause wayyip̣p̄ālū lip̄nē Yōnāṯān {וַיִּפְּלוּ לִפְנֵי יוֹנָתָן | wayyip̣p̄ālū lip̄nē Yōnāṯān} ‘and they fell before Jonathan’ uses the preposition lip̄nē to mark the outcome.