Genesis 17:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל אַבְרָ֖ם עַל־פָּנָ֑יו וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yippōl ʾAḇrām ʿal-pānāyw wa-yəḏabbēr ʾittô ʾĔlōhîm lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wa-yippōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he fell
• *ʾAḇrām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abram
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
• *pānāyw*: noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his face
• *wa-yəḏabbēr*: conjunction + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and spoke
• *ʾittô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him
• *ʾĔlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God/gods (plural form, singular meaning)
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *pānāyw*: face/presence/surface
• *ʾĔlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say (introducing direct speech)

Referenced Verses

• Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Lev 9:23-24 : 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
• Num 14:5 : 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
• Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
• Num 16:45 : 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
• Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
• Judg 13:20 : 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
• 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.
• Ezek 1:28 : 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
• Ezek 3:23 : 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
• Ezek 9:8 : 8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
• Dan 8:17-18 : 17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was affrighted, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the end. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
• Dan 10:9 : 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
• Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last,