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Word Study · Strong's H6419 · Hebrew

פָּלַל

palal

paw-lal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: pâlal

to judge (officially or mentally)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray

Rendered in the KJV as

intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.

  • 84
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 66
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 84 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 66

  • לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל4
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל3
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל3
  • וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ2
  • וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל2
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל2
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל2
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙2
  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל2
  • וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל2
  • יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל2
  • יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּ2

and 54 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 38

  • and he prayed16
  • and they will pray9
  • to pray8
  • and I prayed4
  • pray4
  • and pray3
  • he will pray3
  • they will pray3
  • you pray3
  • [is] praying2
  • and she prayed2
  • [am] about to pray1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 31

  • Hc/Vtw3ms16
  • Hc/Vtq3cp9
  • preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)8
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • Hc/Vtw1cs4
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular4
  • HC/Vtu3ms3
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural3
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular3
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vtw3ms · 16
  • Hc/Vtq3cp · 9
  • HR/Vtcc · 8
  • HVti3ms · 5
  • Hc/Vtw1cs · 4
  • HVtrmsa · 4
  • HVtv2ms · 4
  • HC/Vtu3ms · 3
  • HVti3mp · 3
  • HVtj2ms · 3
  • HC/Vtrmsa · 2
  • HC/Vtv2ms · 2

All 84, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis3 occurrences
Numbers3 occurrences
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
1 Samuel11 occurrences
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings10 occurrences
2 Kings6 occurrences
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles14 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah4 occurrences
Job2 occurrences
Psalms4 occurrences
Isaiah7 occurrences
Jeremiah10 occurrences
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Daniel2 occurrences
Jonah2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).