Ezekiel 13:12:2Ezek.13.12.W2TAB

נָפַ֣ל

nafal

fell

Transliteration
na-FAL
Extended
naa-FAL
IPA
/naːˈfal/

Meaning by language

English
fell

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Result
נָ + פַ֣ל
na + fal
nafal

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-FAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    na-FAL ha-KIR

  3. clause

    ve-hi-NE na-FAL ha-KIR

  4. sentence

    ve-hi-NE na-FAL ha-KIR ha-LO ye-a-MER a-lei-KHEM a-YE ha-TI-akh a-SHER ta-KHE-tem

Exegesis

Naphal {נָפַל | nā-p̄al} in the perfect aspect denotes the completed collapse of ha-qir {הַקִּיר | ha-qîr}, ‘wall,’ blending the literal ruin with metaphorical vulnerability.

Root and etymology

Rootnun–pe–lamed

to fall

In contextEzekiel 13:12

And behold, the wall has fallen. Will it not be said to you, “Where is the plaster which you plastered?”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 13:12, so the Hebrew word נָפַ֣ל (nafal) 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 Ezek.13.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.12.W2.S1) and character.