Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #155353

OSHB 2 Sam 24:14 אֶפֹּלָה (ʼepolāh) Strongs=5307 Lemma=‘נָפַל’
contextual word gloss=‘let_me_fall’ word gloss=‘fall’
Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-1017 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Only use of identical word form ‘אֶפֹּלָה’ (Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֶפֹּלָה’ (Morphology=Vqh1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=cohortative Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_me_fall’.

2 SAM 24:14 contextual word gloss=‘let_me_fall’ word gloss=‘fall’ OSHB 2 SAM 24:14 word 18

OET-LV: 14 and_ Dāvid _he/it _said to Gād it _is _distress to_me exceedingly let _us _fall please in_the _hand _of YHWH if/because are_great compassion(s)_of_his and_in_the _hand _of a _human not let _me _fall. (SA2_24:14)

OET-RV: 14 David answered Gad, “This is very distressing, but please let Yahweh be the one to punish me because he’s very merciful—don’t let other men be the ones.” (SA2 24:14)