2 Kings 14:10:122 Kgs.14.10.W12TAB
וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה
venafalta
“and you will fall”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-fal-TA
- Extended
- veh-naa-fahl-TAA
- IPA
- /vənɑːfalˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will fall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-fal-TA
- clause
hi-ka-VED ve-SHEV be-VE-te-kha ve-la-MA tit-ga-RE be-ra-A ve-na-fal-TA a-TA vi-ye-hu-DA im-MAKH
- sentence
ha-KE hi-KI-ta et-e-DOM u-ne-sa-a-KHA li-BE-kha hi-ka-VED ve-SHEV be-VE-te-kha ve-la-MA tit-ga-RE be-ra-A ve-na-fal-TA a-TA vi-ye-hu-DA im-MAKH
Exegesis
The Qal perfect wenaphalta {וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה | wə-nā-pal-tā} ‘and you will fall’ affirms the assured consequence, and the inclusion of ‘you and Judah {וִיהוּדָ֥ה | wī-ye-hū-ḏāh}’ underscores communal fate.
Root and etymology
n-p-lnun–pe–lamed
“to fall”
In context — 2 Kings 14:10
You have surely struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Take honor for it, but stay in your house. Why provoke trouble, so that you fall—you and Judah with you?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה (venafalta) 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 Kgs.14.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.10.W12.S1) and character.