Strong's Lexicon pala: To be wonderful, to be extraordinary, to be difficult, to be marvelous Original Word: פָלָא Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2297 (θαυμάζω, thaumazo) - to wonder, marvel - G5059 (τεράστιον, terastion) - wonder, marvel Usage: The Hebrew verb "pala" conveys the idea of something being beyond the ordinary, often implying a sense of wonder or amazement. It is used to describe actions or events that are extraordinary or miraculous, often attributed to divine intervention. The term can also imply difficulty or something that is hard to understand or accomplish. Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of the miraculous or extraordinary was often associated with the divine. The Israelites, in particular, viewed acts of wonder as manifestations of God's power and presence among them. The use of "pala" in the Hebrew Bible reflects this understanding, highlighting moments where God's intervention defies human expectations and capabilities. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from pele Definition to be surpassing or extraordinary NASB Translation bring extraordinary (1), deal marvelously (1), difficult (5), extraordinary degree (1), fulfill a special (3), made his wonderful (1), made marvelous (1), makes a difficult (1), makes a special (1), marvelous (1), marvelously (1), miracles (5), monstrous things (1), seemed hard (1), show your power (1), things...difficult (1), things...wonderful (1), too difficult (2), wonderful (4), wonderful acts (1), wonderful deeds (3), wonderful things (2), wonderful works (2), wonders (20), wondrous deeds (3), wondrous works (3), wondrously (2), wondrously marvelous (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [מָּלָא]71 verb denominative Niph`al etc., be surpassing, extraordinary (compare Gerber212); — Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִפְלָאת Psalm 118:23 (Ges§ 44f); נִפְלְאַ֫תָה 2 Samuel 1:26 (Köi. 610 f., 614 Ges§ 75oo); 3 plural נִפְלְאוּ Proverbs 30:18; Imperfect יִמָּלֵא Deuteronomy 17:8 6t.; Participle masculine plural נִפְלָאִים Psalm 139:14; feminine singular נִפְלֵאת Deuteronomy 30:11; plural נִפְלָאוֺת Joshua 3:5 +; suffix נִפְלְאֹתַי Exodus 3:20, etc.; — 1 be beyond one's power, difficult to do, לעשׂות 2 Samuel 13:2; ׳בְּעֵינֵי פ Zechariah 8:6 (twice in verse); with מן person too difficult for Deuteronomy 30:11, for ׳י Genesis 18:14 (J) Jeremiah 32:17,27. 2 be difficult to understand; with מן person too difficult for Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 30:18; Job 42:3, to decide Deuteronomy 17:8. Especially 3. a. be extraordinary, wonderful, 2 Samuel 1:26; Psalm 119:18; of God's acts, בְּעֵנֵינוּ ׳נ Psalm 118:23, compare Psalm 139:14. 2 Participle as substantive marvellous things Job 37:14 (acts of God), Daniel 11:36 (presumptuous words); as adverb wondrously Job 37:5; Daniel 8:24. 4 נִפְלָאוֺת = wonderful acts of ׳י in judgment and redemption, Exodus 3:20 (J) Judges 6:13; Jeremiah 21:2; 1 Chronicles 16:9,24; Psalm 9:2; Psalm 26:7 15t. Psalms; also ׳עשׂה נ Exodus 34:10; Joshua 3:5 (J) Job 5:9 = Job 9:10, + 9 t. Chronicles, Psalms; ׳הראה נ Micah 7:15; Psalm 78:11. Pi`el Infinitive construct לְפַלֵּא נֶדֶר make a special votive offering, Leviticus 22:21; Numbers 15:3,8 (P). Hiph`il Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִפְלִיא Psalm 31:22; 2Chronicles 26:15; הִפְלִא Isaiah 28:29; וְהִפְלָא consecutive Deuteronomy 28:59 (Ges§ 75oo); Imperfect יַפְלִא Leviticus 27:2; Numbers 6:2; Infinitive absolute הַפְלֵא Isaiah 29:14; 2Chron 2:8; construct הַפְלִיא Isaiah 29:14; Joel 2:26; Participle מַפְלִא Judges 13:19; — 1 do a hard or difficult thing: (לִנְדֹּר) נֶדֶר ׳הפ make a hard vow Leviticus 27:2; Numbers 6:2 (compare Pi`el). 2 make wonderful, do wondrously: of God, מַכּוֺת ׳הפ make plagues wonderful (exceptional), Deuteronomy 28:59; עֵצָה ׳הפ Isaiah 28:29 make counsel wondrous, Isaiah 29:14 do wonderfully with people, + הַפְלֵא וָפֶלֶא; ׳עשׂה עמכם לה Joel 2:26 dealt with you doing wondrously; חַסְדּוֺ לִי ׳הפ Psalm 31:22; לְהֵעָזֵר ׳הפ2Chronicles 26:15 did marvelously in receiving help; of the temple גָּדוֺל וְהַפְלֵא2Chron 2:8 (KöSynt. § 318 e). 3 of God, מַפְלִא לעשׂות Judges 13:19 working wonders in doing. Hithpa`el Imperfect תִּתְמַּלָּא בִי Job 10:16 thou dost shew thyself marvellous (act inexplicably) against me. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance accomplish, arise A primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. Distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful -- accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly). Forms and Transliterations בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃ בנפלאותיו׃ בנפלאותיך׃ הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א הִפְלִ֘יא הִפְלִ֣יא הִפְלִ֥יא הַפְלֵ֣א היפלא הפלא הפליא וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו וְהִפְלָ֤א וְהַפְלֵֽא׃ וְנִפְלָא֗וֹת וְנִפְלָא֥וֹת וַיִּפָּלֵא֙ וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת וּמַפְלִ֣א ובנפלאות והפלא והפלא׃ ויפלא ומפלא ונפלאות ונפלאותיו יִפָּלֵ֔א יִפָּלֵ֖א יִפָּלֵ֗א יִפָּלֵ֥א יִפָּלֵא֩ יַפְלִ֖א יַפְלִא֙ יפלא לְהַפְלִ֑יא לְהַפְלִ֥יא לְנִפְלְאֹתָ֑יו לְפַלֵּא־ להפליא לנפלאתיו לפלא־ נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת נִ֭פְלָאוֹת נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥יךָ נִפְלְא֣וּ נִפְלְא֬וֹת נִפְלְאַ֤תָה נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ נִפְלְאֹתַ֔י נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו נִפְלְאֹתָ֡יו נִפְלְאֹתָֽיו׃ נִפְלְאֹתָיו֙ נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֗יךָ נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֣יךָ נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ נִפְלְאוֹתָ֥יו נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃ נִפְלֵ֥את נִפְלָ֣את נִפְלָא֑וֹת נִפְלָא֣וֹת נִפְלָא֥וֹת נִפְלָאִ֥ים נִפְלָאֹ֔ת נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃ נפלאו נפלאות נפלאות׃ נפלאותיו נפלאותיו׃ נפלאותיך נפלאותיך׃ נפלאים נפלאת נפלאתה נפלאתי נפלאתיו נפלאתיו׃ נפלאתיך תִּתְפַּלָּא־ תתפלא־ bə·nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯāw bə·nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā benifleoTav benifleoTeicha bənip̄lə’ōwṯāw bənip̄lə’ōwṯeḵā hă·yip·pā·lê hafLe hap̄·lê hap̄lê hayippaLe hăyippālê hifLi hip̄·lî hip̄lî lə·hap̄·lî lə·nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯāw lə·p̄al·lê- lefalle lehafLi ləhap̄lî lenifleoTav lənip̄lə’ōṯāw ləp̄allê- niflaIm niflaOt nifLat nifleAtah nifleot nifleoTai nifleoTav nifleoTeicha nifLet nifleU nip̄·lā·’îm nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ nip̄·lā·’ōṯ nip̄·lāṯ nip̄·lə·’a·ṯāh nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯāw nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯay nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯe·ḵā nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯāw nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā nip̄·lə·’ō·wṯ nip̄·lə·’ū nip̄·lêṯ nip̄lā’îm nip̄lā’ōṯ nip̄lā’ōwṯ nip̄lāṯ nip̄lə’aṯāh nip̄lə’ōṯāw nip̄lə’ōṯay nip̄lə’ōṯeḵā nip̄lə’ōwṯ nip̄lə’ōwṯāw nip̄lə’ōwṯeḵā nip̄lə’ū nip̄lêṯ tiṯ·pal·lā- titpalla tiṯpallā- ū·ḇə·nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ ū·map̄·li ūḇənip̄lā’ōwṯ umafLi ūmap̄li uveniflaot vaiyippaLe vehafLe vehifLa veniflaot venifleoTav way·yip·pā·lê wayyippālê wə·hap̄·lê wə·hip̄·lā wə·nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ wə·nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯāw wəhap̄lê wəhip̄lā wənip̄lā’ōwṯ wənip̄lə’ōwṯāw yafLi yap̄·li yap̄li yip·pā·lê yippaLe yippālêLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 18:14 HEB: הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א מֵיְהוָ֖ה דָּבָ֑ר NAS: too difficult for the LORD? KJV: any thing too hard for the LORD? INT: difficult Jehovah is anything Exodus 3:20 Exodus 34:10 Leviticus 22:21 Leviticus 27:2 Numbers 6:2 Numbers 15:3 Numbers 15:8 Deuteronomy 17:8 Deuteronomy 28:59 Deuteronomy 30:11 Joshua 3:5 Judges 6:13 Judges 13:19 2 Samuel 1:26 2 Samuel 13:2 1 Chronicles 16:9 1 Chronicles 16:12 1 Chronicles 16:24 2 Chronicles 2:9 2 Chronicles 26:15 Nehemiah 9:17 Job 5:9 Job 9:10 Job 10:16 71 Occurrences |
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