2 Chronicles 20:18:82 Chr.20.18.W8TAB

נָֽפְלוּ֙

nafelu

fell down

Transliteration
na-fe-LU
Extended
naa-feh-LOO
IPA
/nɔːfəˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
fell down

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נָֽ + פְ + לוּ֙
na + fe + lu
nafelu

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-fe-LU

  2. clause

    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

  3. 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 perfect verb naflu {נָֽפְלוּ֙ | nāp̄lû} ‘they fell’ indicates a single, decisive movement.

Root and etymology

נ־פ־ל

to fall, collapse

In context2 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 20:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:18, so the Hebrew word נָֽפְלוּ֙ (nafelu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.18.W8.S1) and character.