2 Chronicles 20:18:32 Chr.20.18.W3TAB
אַפַּ֖יִם
apayim
“with face”
- Transliteration
- a-PA-yim
- Extended
- ah-PAH-yihm
- IPA
- /ʔapˈpajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- with face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-PA-yim
- clause
va-yik-KOD ye-ho-sha-FAT a-PA-yim AR-tse
- sentence
va-yik-KOD ye-ho-sha-FAT a-PA-yim AR-tse ve-khol-ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim na-fe-LU lif-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The object appayim {אַפַּ֖יִם | appāyim} ‘faces’, in the dual form, emphasizes full prostration toward the earth (artzah {אָרְצָה | ʼārṣâ}). The coordinated subjects wekol Yehudah weyoshvei Yerushalayim ‘all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem’ signal communal participation.
Root and etymology
פ־א־י
“face, nostril”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:18
And Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD to worship Him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:18, so the Hebrew word אַפַּ֖יִם (apayim) 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 2 Chr.20.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.18.W3.S1) and character.