My friend Alan provided the following understanding about the Hebrew word which means “set apart”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hebrew word \u2018palah\u2019, Strong\u2019s H6395, is one of many popular words in the scriptures that come from the primary root \u2018palal\u2019\u00a0 llp Strong\u2019s H6419.\u00a0 The primary root verb \u2018palal\u2019 is used to refer to the distinguishing characteristic that illustrates how an individual person, or situation, has been impacted or affected by being \u2018acted upon\u2019 or influenced by another; and usually the \u2018other\u2019 doing the \u2018influencing\u2019 is referring to spiritual influence that impacts the behavior or character of an individual, or situation.\u00a0 The \u2018characteristics\u2019 can be positive, or they can be negative.\u00a0 Words derived from this root \u2018palal\u2019 are also descriptive of how the \u2018effected\u2019 individual manifests the traits or characteristics that the \u2018influence\u2019 is imparting.\u00a0 For example, consider Gen. 20:7, where this root is used in a compound word that gets translated as \u201c…and he shall pray for thee;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\nroot is used numerous times in referring to the distinguishing influence of\n\u2018prayer\u2019, and numerous times gets translated simply as \u2018pray\u2019, \u2018prayed\u2019,\n\u2018intreat\u2019, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\n1Samuel 2:25 it gets used twice. The\nfirst time it is translated as \u201c…shall judge him:\u201d, and the second time it is\ntranslated as \u201c…shall intreat for him\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several\ntimes Jeremiah is told \u201c…do not pray (palal) for this people\u201d. [Jer. 11:14] \nSo the verb palal is obviously referring to the effecting influence of\nprayer, or lack thereof, and\/or the one\n\u2018prayed for\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Palah\u2019\n(H6395) is a direct influence or result of the impact of \u2018palal\u2019. It can be a good influence or result, or it\ncan be a negative influence\/result. \n\u2018palah\u2019 is expressed well in Ex. 9:4 where it is translated as \u201c…shall\nsever\u201d; ie, will distinguish between. In\nEx. 11:7 it is translated as \u201c…put a difference between\u201d. I hope that illustrates well. And in Psalm 4:3 \u2018palah\u2019 is translated as\n\u201c…has set apart\u201d. In Psalm 17:7 it is\ntranslated as \u2018marvellous\u2019 in describing the loving kindness of God. And in Psalm 139:14 it is used twice; once\ntranslated as \u201c\u2018wonderfully\u2019 made\u201d, and then as \u201c…\u2019marvelous\u2019 are thy works;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My\nfavorite use of this verb concept is as \u2018pala\u2019, or alp, (H6382) which usually\ngets translated as \u2018wonderful\u2019, \u2018wonders\u2019, \u2018marvellous\u2019, etc. The most important use of this word, in my\nopinion, is in Isaiah 9:6. \u201c…and His\nname(nature) shall be called Wonderful;\u201d \nI take this to be the description of the one we now recognize as the\nprophesied Messiah whose \u2018nature\/name\u2019 is described as \u201cWonderful\u201d, for He has\ncompletely submitted Himself to the Character\/Nature of His Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nfirst place I can find this word \u2018pala\u2019 being used is in Gen. 18:14, where it\nis translated as \u201c…too hard\u201d; ie, \u201c…is any thing (dabar-word) too wonderful\nthat God cannot perform it\u201d? my\ntranslation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To\nadd to this mystery, however, it must be noted that this root verb \u2018palal\u2019 is\nalso the word from which we get \u2018nephilim\u2019, or \u2018naphal\u2019; to fall from your\nintended potential. Could it be that the\n\u2018nephilim\u2019, or fallen ones, are those that had \u2018fallen\u2019 from the potential that\nuniting with the Holy Spirit of Truth in Love can provide, and consequently are\nreferred to also as \u2018giants\u2019? Are they\n\u2018fallen\u2019 because by separating themselves from the influence\/impact of Father\u2019s\nSpirit, and in so doing, are manifesting the beastial carnality that \u2018fallen\nadam\u2019 is capable of? Isaiah 14:12: \u201cHow art thou fallen (naphal) from heaven,\nLucifer, son of the morning!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018palal\u2019\nis a great word, and has a major role in the overall scope of the Old Testament\nscriptures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My friend Alan provided the following understanding about the Hebrew word which means “set apart”: The Hebrew word \u2018palah\u2019, Strong\u2019s H6395, is one of many popular words in the scriptures that come from the primary root \u2018palal\u2019\u00a0 llp Strong\u2019s H6419.\u00a0 The primary root verb \u2018palal\u2019 is used to refer to the distinguishing characteristic that illustrates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7199,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions\/7199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}