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pālāʾ פָּלָא ‘to wonder’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

pālāʾ v
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

Mentioned in Genesis 18:14 Exodus 3:20, 34:10 Codex Leviticus 22:21, 27:2 Numbers 6:2, 15:3, 15:8 Deuteronomy 17:8, 28:59, 30:11 Joshua 3:5 Judges 6:13, 13:19 2 Samuel 1:26, 13:2 Isaiah 29:14, 28:29 Jeremiah 32:17, 21:2, 32:27 Joel 2:26 Micah 7:15 Zechariah 8:6 Psalms 106:7, 107:8, 107:15, 107:21, 107:31, 78:4, 40:6, 71:17, 72:18, 75:2, 86:10, 78:32, 106:22, 78:11, 105:5, 118:23, 136:4, 119:27, 31:22, 131:1, 96:3, 119:18, 145:5, 107:24, 111:4, 105:2, 98:1, 9:2, 139:14, 26:7 Proverbs 30:18 Job 37:14, 5:9, 9:10, 37:5, 42:3, 10:16 Daniel 11:36, 8:24 Nehemiah 9:17 1 Chronicles 16:12, 16:24, 16:9 2 Chronicles 26:15, 2:8

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