Lexicon / H6381
פָּלָא
pa.la
  • to wonder
  • be surpassing
  • extraordinary

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to wonder

1) to be marvellous, be wonderful, be surpassing, be extraordinary, separate by distinguishing action

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to be beyond one's power, be difficult to do

1a2) to be difficult to understand

1a3) to be wonderful, be extraordinary

1a3a) marvellous (participle)

1b) (Piel) to separate (an offering)

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to do extraordinary or hard or difficult thing

1c2) to make wonderful, do wondrously

1d) (Hithpael) to show oneself wonderful or marvellous

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: be surpassing; extraordinary

פָּלָא vb. denom Niph be surpassing extraordinary Niph be beyond one's power difficult ,to do be difficult to understand be extraordinary wonderful , marvellous things as subst. wonderful acts י׳ =ofin judgement and redemption . Pi make a special votive offering . Hiph do a hard difficult thing or make wonderful do wondrously , working wonders in doing of God . Hithp thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me .(act inexplicably) 71.. etc.