Hosea 13:16:7Hos.13.16.W7TABWLC Hosea 14:1
יִפְּל֔וּ
yippelu
“they shall fall”
- Transliteration
- yip-PE-LU
- Extended
- yihp-PEH-loo
- IPA
- /jip.pəˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall fall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yip-PE-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU
- clause
ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U
- sentence
tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U
Exegesis
Judgment unfolds through a series of imperfect verbs in Qal and Pual stems—yipolu {יִּפֹּלוּ | yip·pō·lū} ‘they shall fall’, yeruttshu {יְרֻטְּשׁוּ | yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū} ‘they shall be dashed’, yevukka’u {יְבֻקָּעוּ | yə·vuq·qā·‘ū} ‘they shall be torn open’—with the instrumental bacherav {בַּחֶרֶב | ba·ḥe·rev} ‘by the sword’ indicating means.
In context — Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 13:16, so the Hebrew word יִפְּל֔וּ (yippelu) 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 Hos.13.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W7.S1) and character.