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Genesis 20:17
“So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פָּלַלpâlal · paw-lal'
H6419 · Hebrew
H6419 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 84 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:7Genesis 48:11Numbers 11:2Numbers 21:7Numbers 21:7
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 פָּלַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.