פָּעַלpâʻal
do, make
Pronunciation: paw-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6466
Meanings
Qal: active (Deuteronomy 32:27; Numbers 23:23; Exodus 15:17)
1. do
a. of God (Numbers 23:23; Deuteronomy 32:27; Job 33:29)
b. of men (Psalms 11:3; Job 11:8; Job 7:20)
c. of clouds (Job 37:12)
2. make
a. of God (Exodus 15:17; Proverbs 16:4; Psalms 7:16)
b. of man (Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 44:15; Psalms 7:16)
Same root
- אֶלְפַּעַלʼElpaʻal · H508Elpaal, an Israelite
- אֶפֶסʼepheç · H657cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
- מִפְעָלmiphʻâl · H4659a performance
- פֹּעַלpôʻal · H6467an act or work (concretely)
- פְּעֻלָּהpᵉʻullâh · H6468(abstractly) work
Where it appears
Appears 57 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
- Numbers 23:23 No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, ‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’
- Deuteronomy 32:27 But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say, “Our own power has triumphed! The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’
- Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I a burden to you?
- Job 11:8 Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld— what do you know?
- Job 22:17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
See every passage
- Exodus 15:17
- Numbers 23:23
- Deuteronomy 32:27
- Job 7:20, 11:8, 22:17, 31:3, 33:29, 34:8, 34:22, 34:32, 35:6, 36:3, 36:23, 37:12
- Psalms 5:5, 6:8, 7:13, 7:15, 11:3, 14:4, 15:2, 28:3, 31:19, 36:12, 44:1, 53:4, 58:2, 59:2, 64:2, 68:28, 74:12, 92:7, 92:9, 94:4, 94:16, 101:8, 119:3, 125:5, 141:4, 141:9
- Proverbs 10:29, 16:4, 21:15, 30:20
- Isaiah 26:12, 31:2, 41:4, 43:13, 44:12, 44:15
- Hosea 6:8, 7:1
- Micah 2:1
- Habakkuk 1:5
- Zephaniah 2:3
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).