Genesis 15:12:5Gen.15.12.W5TAB
נָפְלָ֣ה
nafla
“fell”
- Transliteration
- naf-LA
- Extended
- nahf-LAA
- IPA
- /naːf.ˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
naf-LA
- phraseyour reading level
naf-LA al-av-RAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM
- 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 coordinated phrase vetardemah nafla {וְתַרְדֵּמָה נָפְלָה | wətardēmāh nāp̄əlāh} presents ‘a deep sleep’ as the subject and ‘fell’ as the predicate, portraying the sleep as an imposed condition rather than a voluntary act, while the prepositional phrase ʿal-avram {עַל־אַבְרָם | ʿal-ʾaḇrām} ‘upon Abram’ marks him as the one overwhelmed by this state.
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 15:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word נָפְלָ֣ה (nafla) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W5.S1) and character.