Midvash

פָּלַלpâlal

intervene, interpose

Pronunciation: paw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6419

Meanings

Pi`el: mediate, judge (1 Samuel 2:25; Ezekiel 16:52; Genesis 48:11)

Hithpa`el

1. specifically intercede (with ׳ י) (Genesis 20:7; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 9:20)

2. pray, generally (Isaiah 44:17; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 45:14)

3. pray, (to ׳ י) (1 Kings 8:33; 2 Kings 6:17; Ezra 10:1)

4. of poetical, liturgical prayer (1 Samuel 2:1; Jonah 2:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 84 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 20:7 Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don’t return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”
  • Genesis 20:17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
  • Genesis 48:11 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I never thought I would see your face again, but now God has let me see your children, too!”
  • Numbers 11:2 Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped.
  • Numbers 21:7 Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.
  • Deuteronomy 9:20 The Lord was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the Lord spared him.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).