פָּלַל

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

Genesis 20:7

• וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥לveyitpalelHC/Vtu3mstagged: so he may pray

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

Genesis 20:17

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”

Genesis 48:11

• פִלָּ֑לְתִּיfilaltiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I judged

And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

Numbers 11:2

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

Numbers 21:7

• הִתְפַּלֵּל֙hitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pray
• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

Deuteronomy 9:20

• וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֛לvaetpalelHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I prayed

And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deuteronomy 9:26

• וָאֶתְפַּלֵּ֣לvaetpalelHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I prayed

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

1 Samuel 1:10

• וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvatitpalelHc/Vtw3fstagged: and she prayed

As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:12

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:26

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

1 Samuel 1:27

• הִתְפַּלָּ֑לְתִּיhitpalaltiverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I prayed

At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

1 Samuel 2:1

• וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֤לvatitpalelHc/Vtw3fstagged: and she prayed

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

1 Samuel 2:25

• וּפִֽלְל֣וֹufiloHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will mediate for him
• יִתְפַּלֶּל־yitpalel-verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he intercede

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

1 Samuel 7:5

• וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥לveetpalelHC/Vtu1cstagged: so I may pray

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:6

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:19

• הִתְפַּלֵּ֧לhitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pray

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 12:23

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

2 Samuel 7:27

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

1 Kings 8:28

• מִתְפַּלֵּ֥לmitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: praying

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

1 Kings 8:29

• יִתְפַּלֵּ֣לyitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pray

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

1 Kings 8:30

• יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּyitpaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pray

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

1 Kings 8:33

• וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֧וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

1 Kings 8:35

• וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

1 Kings 8:42

• וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לvehitpalelHc/Vtq3mstagged: and he will pray

When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

1 Kings 8:44

• וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

1 Kings 8:48

• וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֣וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

1 Kings 8:54

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙lehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

1 Kings 13:6

• וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣לvehitpalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and pray

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

2 Kings 4:33

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:17

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

2 Kings 6:18

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

2 Kings 19:15

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

2 Kings 19:20

• הִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּhitpalaltaverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you prayed

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

2 Kings 20:2

• וַיִּ֨תְפַּלֵּ֔לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

1 Chronicles 17:25

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

2 Chronicles 6:19

• מִתְפַּלֵּ֥לmitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: praying

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

2 Chronicles 6:20

• יִתְפַּלֵּ֣לyitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pray

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

2 Chronicles 6:21

• יִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּyitpaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pray

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

2 Chronicles 6:24

• וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

2 Chronicles 6:26

• וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

2 Chronicles 6:32

• וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֖וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

2 Chronicles 6:34

• וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

2 Chronicles 6:38

• וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּvehitpaluHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will pray

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

2 Chronicles 7:1

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֔לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

• וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ֙veyitpaluHC/Vtu3mptagged: so they may pray

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

2 Chronicles 30:18

• הִתְפַּלֵּ֨לhitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had prayed

In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

2 Chronicles 32:20

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

2 Chronicles 32:24

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙vaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

2 Chronicles 33:13

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Ezra 10:1

• וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤לukhehitpalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and just as was praying

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:4

• וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לumitpalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: and praying

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:6

• מִתְפַּלֵּ֨לmitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: praying

“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:4

• וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔לvaetpalelHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I prayed

So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

Nehemiah 4:9

• וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖לvanitpalelHc/Vtw1cptagged: and we prayed

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

Job 42:8

• יִתְפַּלֵּ֖לyitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pray

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

Job 42:10

• בְּהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וֹbehitpalopreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when prayed he

Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

Psalms 5:2

• אֶתְפַּלָּֽל׃ʾetpalalverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I pray

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Psalms 32:6

• יִתְפַּלֵּ֬לyitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him pray

Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

Psalms 72:15

• וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣לveyitpalelHC/Vtu3mstagged: and someone pray

But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

Psalms 106:30

• וַיְפַלֵּ֑לvayfalelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he mediated

When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

Isaiah 16:12

• לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖לlehitpalelpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pray

And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

Isaiah 37:15

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙vaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Isaiah 37:21

• הִתְפַּלַּ֣לְתָּhitpalaltaverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have prayed

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

Isaiah 38:2

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Isaiah 44:17

• וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣לveyitpalelHC/Vtu3mstagged: and he may pray

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Isaiah 45:14

• יִתְפַּלָּ֔לוּyitpalaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pray

Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 45:20

• וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔יםumitpalimconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and pray

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 7:16

• תִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל׀titpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you pray

As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

Jeremiah 11:14

• תִּתְפַּלֵּל֙titpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you pray

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

Jeremiah 14:11

• תִּתְפַּלֵּ֛לtitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you pray

Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Jeremiah 29:7

• וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּvehitpaluconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and pray

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:12

• וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖םvehitpalaltemHc/Vtq2mptagged: and you will pray

After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

Jeremiah 32:16

• וָאֶתְפַּלֵּ֖לvaetpalelHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I prayed

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

Jeremiah 37:3

• הִתְפַּלֶּל־hitpalel-verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pray

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Jeremiah 42:2

• וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤לvehitpalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and pray

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

Jeremiah 42:4

• מִתְפַּלֵּ֛לmitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to pray

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 42:20

• הִתְפַּלֵּ֣לhitpalelverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pray

So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 16:52

• פִּלַּלְתְּ֙pilaltverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have mediated

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Daniel 9:4

• וָֽאֶתְפַּֽלְלָ֛הvaetpalahHc/Vtw1cs/Shtagged: and I prayed

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

Daniel 9:20

• וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לumitpalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: and praying

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

Jonah 2:1

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 4:2

• וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvaiyitpalelHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prayed