2 Samuel 14:4:62 Sam.14.4.W6TAB
עַל־אַפֶּ֛יהָ
alapeha
“upon her face”
- Transliteration
- al-a-PE-ha
- Extended
- ahl-ah-PEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔapˈpɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon her face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-a-PE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
A sequence of successive narrative actions—vatipōl {וַתִּפֹּל | wat-ti-ppōl} ‘and she fell,’ ’al {עַל | ’al} ‘upon,’ ’appehā {אַפֶּיהָ | ’ap-pé-hā} ‘her face,’ and ’arṣāh {אַרְצָה | ’ar-ṣāh} ‘to the ground’—depicts physical submission.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and bowed herself, and she said, “Help, O king!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־אַפֶּ֛יהָ (alapeha) 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.14.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.4.W6.S1) and character.