Genesis 17:3

Lexical meaning

Definition

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV renderings

be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל)), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.

Grammar

• וַ — conjunction
• יִּפֹּ֥ל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular

Code HC/Vqw3ms

Usage

Occurs 435 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21Genesis 4:5Genesis 4:6Genesis 14:10Genesis 15:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָפַל here.