Lexicon pala: to be surpassing or extraordinary Original Word: פָּלָאPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pala Phonetic Spelling: (paw-law') Short Definition: wonders NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from peleDefinitionto be surpassing or extraordinary NASB Translationbring 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 Gerber 212); — 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 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). |
