Numbers 24:4:8Num.24.4.W8TAB
נֹפֵ֖ל
nofel
“falling”
- Transliteration
- no-FEL
- Extended
- noh-FEHL
- IPA
- /noˈfel/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
no-FEL
- clause
a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NA-im
- sentence
ne-UM sho-MEA im-REI-EL a-SHER ma-kha-ZEH shad-DAI ye-khe-ZEH no-FEL u-ge-LUI ei-NA-im
Exegesis
Nofel ûgəlûy ʿênayim {נֹפֵל וּגְלוּי עֵינָיִם | nōp̄el ûgəlûy ʿênayim} combines two participles—“falling” (a posture of awe) and “revealed” (eyes uncovered)—to depict the physical and perceptual response to divine revelation. The English versions preserve the participial sequence and relative linkage to convey the prophet’s transformational encounter.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-pey-lamed
“to fall, collapse”
In context — Numbers 24:4
The prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of Shaddai , and falls prostrate with eyes unveiled.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 24:4, so the Hebrew word נֹפֵ֖ל (nofel) 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.24.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.4.W8.S1) and character.