Deuteronomy 9:18
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Key Terms in This Verse
לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat...
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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