Isaiah 21:9:10Isa.21.9.W10TAB
נָֽפְלָה֙
nafla
“she has fallen”
- Transliteration
- naf-LA
- Extended
- nahf-LAA
- IPA
- /nafˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she has fallen
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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The word
Word in context
- word
naf-LA
- phraseyour reading level
naf-LA naf-LA
- clause
va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets
- sentence
ve-hin-NE-ze BA RE-khev ISH TSE-med pa-ra-SHIM va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets
Exegesis
The doubled perfect nā·p̄lāh nā·p̄lāh {נָפְלָה נָפְלָה | nā·p̄lāh nā·p̄lāh} functions as parallelism to heighten the sense of irrevocable collapse.
In context — Isaiah 21:9
And behold, here comes a chariot of a man with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen; and all the idols of her gods he has shattered to the ground .”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 21:9, so the Hebrew word נָֽפְלָה֙ (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 Isa.21.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.9.W10.S1) and character.