Numbers 16:4:3Num.16.4.W3TAB
וַיִּפֹּל
vayipol
“he fell”
- Transliteration
- va-yip-OL
- Extended
- vah-yip-OHL
- IPA
- /vajjiˈpol/
Meaning by language
- English
- he fell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-yip-OL
- sentence
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH va-yip-OL al-pa-NAIV
Exegesis
The sequence continues with the vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect vayipol {וַיִּפֹּל | wayyiṗōl} ‘and he fell’, sustaining the narrative flow.
In context — Numbers 16:4
Moses heard, and he fell upon his face .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפֹּל (vayipol) 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 Num.16.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.4.W3.S1) and character.