Study it in the app“So I lay prostrate before YHWH the forty days and the forty nights that I lay prostrate, because YHWH had said he would destroy you.”
So I lay prostrateוָאֶתְנַפַּלbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהthe fortyאֵת אַרְבָּעִיםdaysהַיּוֹםand the fortyוְאֶת אַרְבָּעִיםnightsהַלַּיְלָהthatאֲשֶׁרI lay prostrate,הִתְנַפָּלְתִּיbecauseכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad saidאָמַרhe would destroyלְהַשְׁמִידyou.אֶתְכֶם
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “etnapal” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appears24You have been rebellious against YHWH from the day that I knew you.
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26I prayed to YHWH and said, “Adonai YHWH, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you ransomed by your greatness, whom you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
