2 Samuel 13:2:102 Sam.13.2.W10TAB
וַיִּפָּלֵא֙
vayippale
“and it was hard”
- Transliteration
- va-yip-pa-LE
- Extended
- vah-yihp-pah-LEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jip.paˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was hard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yip-pa-LE
- clause
va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
- sentence
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
Exegesis
Yipʾalê {וַיִּפָּלֵא֙ | wă-yip-pā-lēʾ} ‘be difficult’, a Nifal imperfect, conveys inability, while bə-ʿeynê {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə-ʿê-nê} ‘in the eyes of’ frames Amnon’s perspective.
Root and etymology
p-l-ʾ
“difficult, impossible”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:2
And Amnon was distressed to the point of making himself ill because of Tamar, his sister, for she was a virgin , and it was difficult in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפָּלֵא֙ (vayippale) 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 Sam.13.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.2.W10.S1) and character.