Genesis 15:12:11Gen.15.12.W11TAB
נֹפֶ֥לֶת
nofelet
“falling”
- Transliteration
- no-FE-let
- Extended
- noh-FEH-leht
- IPA
- /noː.ˈfɛ.lɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- falling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
no-FE-let
- phraseyour reading level
no-FE-let a-LAV
- clause
ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV
Exegesis
The participle nofelet {נֹפֶלֶת | nōp̄eleṯ} ‘falling’ with the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿālāyw} ‘upon him’ presents the dread and darkness as an ongoing, enveloping process rather than a completed event. The formal translation preserves the series of clauses and the explicit “behold” to mirror the Hebrew narrative progression, while the dynamic translation employs smoother temporal linkage (“as the sun was setting”) and the adverb “suddenly” for vehineh to communicate the abrupt, overwhelming shift in Abram’s experience.
In context — Genesis 15:12
And it came to pass, as the sun was going down, that a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a terror —a great darkness—was falling upon him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word נֹפֶ֥לֶת (nofelet) 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 Gen.15.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W11.S1) and character.