Proverbs 13:17:3Prov.13.17.W3TAB
יִפֹּ֣ל
yippol
“falls”
- Transliteration
- yip-POL
- Extended
- yihp-POHL
- IPA
- /jipˈpoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- falls
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yip-POL
- clause
mal-AKH ra-SHA yip-POL be-RA
- sentence
mal-AKH ra-SHA yip-POL be-RA ve-TSIR e-mu-NIM mar-PE
Exegesis
The first clause presents malʾākh {מַלְאָ֣ךְ | malʾākh} ‘messenger’ modified by rāšāʿ {רָ֭שָׁע | rāšāʿ} ‘wicked’, followed by the verb yippōl {יִפֹּל | yippōl} ‘he will fall’ and the prepositional phrase bə-rāʿ {בְּרָ֑ע | bə-rāʿ} ‘into evil’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–pe–lamed
“to fall”
In context — Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger will fall into evil, but a faithful envoy brings healing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:17, so the Hebrew word יִפֹּ֣ל (yippol) 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 Prov.13.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.17.W3.S1) and character.