Proverbs 30:18:3Prov.30.18.W3TAB
נִפְלְא֣וּ
nifleu
“are wonderful”
- Transliteration
- nif-le-U
- Extended
- nihf-leh-OO
- IPA
- /nifləˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are wonderful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nif-le-U
- clause
she-lo-SHA HE-ma nif-le-U mim-me-NI
- sentence
she-lo-SHA HE-ma nif-le-U mim-me-NI ve-ar-ba ve-ar-BA-a LO ye-da-TIM
Exegesis
The verse employs a numerical proverb structure, beginning with the cardinal sheloshah {שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | šəlōšāh} ‘three’ followed by the independent pronoun hemah {הֵ֭מָּה | hēmâ} ‘they’, which shifts focus to the verb nifle'u {נִפְלְא֣וּ | nifləʼû} ‘are wondrous’.
Root and etymology
p-l-ʾpe–lamed–aleph
“to be extraordinary, wonderful”
In context — Proverbs 30:18
Three things are marvelous for me, and four I do not discern .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 30:18, so the Hebrew word נִפְלְא֣וּ (nifleu) 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.30.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.18.W3.S1) and character.