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נָפַל433 verb fall, lie (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, ᵑ7 נְפַל, Syriac ; compare also Arabic dedit praedam (NöZMG xl (1886), 725 Frä153 f.), Minaean נפל remove HomSudar. Chrest. 128); — 1. fall, by accident,
שָֿׁ֫מָּה׳וְנ Exod 21:33 (
E)
and there fall into it (a pit) an ox or an ass, compare
Deut 22:4 (
בַּדֶּרֶךְ,
on the way),bird
עַלפַּֿח Amos 3:5 subject person,
1Sam 4:18 (from seat,
מֵעַל),
Deut 22:8 (twice in verse) (from roof,
מִן); often into (
ב) pit (usually figurative)
Prov 26:27;
Prov 28:10, also (absolute),
Prov 22:14,
Eccl 10:8;
Ps 7:16;
Ps 57:7 (
בְּתוֺךְ), compare
Ps 35:8;
Ps 141:10 (net), also, with
אֶל,
Isa 24:18 =
Jer 48:44 fall
בְּלֵב יַמִּים Ezek 25:27 opposed to
קוּם Jer 8:4 compare
Eccl 4:10 (twice in verse); with
אָחוֺר fall backward Gen 49:17 (poem); with
בְּעַד through 2Kgs 1:2 compare (of locusts)
Joel 2:8 עַלחֶֿרֶב ׳נ causing death
1Sam 31:4;
1Sam 31:5 =
1Chr 10:4;
1Chr 10:5 עַלפָּֿנָיו אַ֫רְצָה ׳נ 1Sam 17:49 (Goliath); subject thing,
2Kgs 2:13;
2Kgs 2:14 (
מֵעַל),
2Kgs 6:5 (
אֶלֿ into water), v
2Kgs 6:6 (absolute); with
עַל Lev 11:32;
Lev 11:35;
Lev 11:37;
Lev 11:38,
אֶלֿ v
Lev 11:33 absolute of tent
Judg 7:13 + v
Judg 7:13 (gloss,
GFM,
Bu); of wall
Josh 6:5 (
JE),
Jer 51:44, figurative
Ezek 13:11 (strike out
ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Sm Co Berthol), v
Ezek 13:12 v
Ezek 13:14,
לְאֶרֶץ Ezek 38:20 +
תַּחְתֶּיהָ i.e.
flat Josh 6:20 ׳נ of bricks
Isa 9:9 (in figurative),
פֶּרֶץ Isa 30:13 towes v
Isa 30:25, foundations
Jer 50:15 wall fell upon (
על)
1Kgs 20:30, so of house
Judg 16:30;
Job 1:19, mountains
Hos 10:8 mountain also absolute
Job 14:18 (compare
נָבֵל), height
Ezek 38:20 tree
Eccl 11:3 (twice in verse) (
ב location), compare
Isa 10:34 (
בְ instrumental, in figure),
Zech 11:2 (absolute); branches
Ezek 31:12 (figurative); a grain
Amos 9:9 (
אֶרֶץ =
to earth); of dew
2Sam 17:12 (with
על), hailstones
Ezek 13:11 blood (
אַ֫רְצָה)
1Sam 26:20 hair of head (
ארצה)
1Sam 14:45;
2Sam 14:11;
1Kgs 1:52 horns of altar
Amos 3:14 (
לָאָרֶץ); peg
Isa 22:25 fruit
עַלפֶּֿה Nah 3:12 crown
Lam 5:16 arm from (
מִן) shoulder
Job 31:22 of sword (apparently)
2Sam 20:8 (but on text see Commentaries); fire from heaven, absolute
1Kgs 18:38 with
מִן Job 1:16 ; hand of
׳י Ezek 8:1 (with
עַלֿ; but read
וַתְּהִי ᵐ5 Co Berthol); spirit of
׳י Ezek 11:5 (
עַלֿ); of lot (
גּוֺרָל)
Ezek 24:6;
Jonah 1:7 (both with
עַל),
1Chr 26:14 (with
לְ; ||
יָצָא), +
Esth 3:7 ᵐ5 Ry Wild (
עַל); compare
Hiph`il 3; hence (of share, inheritance)
fall, be allotted, to (
לְ)
Judg 18:1 (
ב =
as: בְּ 17 c; so
Num 34:2;
Ezek 47:14),
Ps 16:6, absolute
Josh 17:5. — On
Ezek 47:22b see
Hiph`il 3.
2. a. Especially of violent death (c. 96 t.),
Judg 5:27 (3 t. in verse) (+
שָׁדוּד),
1Sam 4:10;
1Sam 14:13;
2Sam 11:17;
2Sam 21:9;
1Kgs 22:20 =
2Chr 18:9, etc.; +
וַיָּמָת, etc.;
2Sam 1:4;
2Sam 2:23 (twice in verse);
חָלָל ׳נ fall pierced (fatally)
Judg 9:40;
1Sam 17:52;
1Sam 31:1 =
1Chr 10:1 +;
חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Ezek 35:8 compare
בְּתוֺח חֲלָלִים Ezek 32:20 תַּחַת הֲרוּגִים ׳נ Isa 10:4 פְּגָרִים ׳נ corpses fall Jer 9:21;
Num 14:29 (
P), v
Num 14:32 (
JE); by the sword,
בַּחֶרֶב Amos 7:17;
Hos 7:16;
Hos 14:1;
Isa 3:25;
2Sam 1:12;
Ezek 5:12;
Ezek 6:11;
Num 14:3;
Num 14:43 (
JE), (+
בָּרָעָב,
בַּדֶּבֶר), etc.;
לְפִי חֶרֶב ׳נ Josh 8:24 (
JE),
Judg 4:16 ;
בְּיַד by the hand of 2Sam 21:22;
2Sam 24:14 (twice in verse) =
1Chr 21:13 (twice in verse),
1Chr 5:10;
1Chr 20:8 ;
תַּחַת רגליִ ׳נ fall under my feet 2Sam 22:39 =
Ps 18:39.
b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (c. 30 t.);
Amos 5:2;
Amos 8:14 +; often ||
כָּשַׁל Isa 3:8;
Isa 8:15 (+ other words),
Isa 31:3;
Jer 8:12;
Jer 46:12;
Jer 50:32;
Ps 27:2;
Prov 24:17 ||
כָּרַע Ps 20:9 figurative of earth
Isa 24:20 (opposed to
קוּם), Haman
falls before (
לִפְנֵי) Mordecai
Esth 6:13 (twice in verse); compare
Isa 14:12 (absolute); peculiar to Prov are
בְּרִשְׁעָה ׳נ Prov 11:5,
בְּרַע Prov 13:17,
בְּרָעָה Prov 17:20;
Prov 28:14.
c. figurative = experience calamity
Mic 7:8 (opposed to
קוּם),
Ps 37:34;
Ps 145:14;
Prov 24:16.
d. fall, of a city
Jer 51:8 (||
וַתִּשָּׁבֵר).
3. a. Fall prostrate,
Judg 19:26;
Judg 19:27, +
אַ֫רְצָה Job 1:20 fall at full length (in a faint)
וַיִּפֹּל מְלֹאֿ קוֺמָתוֺ 1Sam 28:20 sink down Num 24:4;
Num 24:16 (
J E; supernatural influence); of arms of Pharaoh
Ezek 30:25 (opposed to
חָזַק).
b. fall =
prostrate oneself before (
לִפְנֵי) man
Gen 50:18 (
E),
2Sam 19:19;
Gen 44:14 (
J; +
אַ֫רְצָה); before
׳י 2Chr 20:18 אֶלפָּֿנָיו אַ֫רְצָה ׳נ before
׳י or his representative
Josh 5:14;
Josh 7:6 (both
J E); also (
ארצה omitted)
Ezek 43:3;
Ezek 44:4 before man
2Sam 14:22 more often
עַלפָּֿנָיו ׳נ, before man
2Sam 9:6;
1Kgs 18:7;
1Kgs 18:39;
Ruth 2:10, before
׳י Gen 17:3;
Gen 17:17 + 6 t.
P,
Ezek 3:23;
Ezek 9:8;
Ezek 11:13;
1Chr 21:16;
Dan 8:17 +
אַ֫רְפָה, before man
2Sam 14:4, before
׳י Judg 13:20 לְאַפָּיו אַ֫רְצָה 1Sam 20:41,
לְאַפֵּי דָוִד עַלפָּֿנֶיהָ 1Sam 25:23,
ארצה ׳נ 2Sam 1:2 (all before man);
עַלרַֿגְלָיו ׳נ fall at one's feet 1Sam 25:24;
2Kgs 4:37,
׳לִפְנֵי ר Esth 8:3. See synonym below
קדד.
c. fall upon (
עַל) one's neck, in embrace
Gen 33:4;
Gen 46:29 (both
J),
Gen 45:14 (
E),
עַלפְּֿנֵי אָבִיו Gen 50:1 (
J).
2. a. above
5. Figurative, of deep sleep, with
עַל Gen 15:12 (
J),
1Sam 26:12;
Job 4:13;
Job 33:15 face, countenance (in displeasure)
Gen 4:5;
Gen 4:6 (
J);
לֵב אָדָם עָלָיו ׳נ 1Sam 17:32 (of
sinking heart);
וַיִּפְּלוּ בְעֵינֵיהֶם)
Neh 6:16 and they were cast down in their (
own)
eyes (compare
BeRy, Ryle); of calamity followed by
עַלֿ Isa 47:11;
Eccl 9:12 terror, etc., followed by
עַלֿ Gen 15:12 (
J),
Josh 2:9 (
JE),
Exod 15:16 (song),
1Sam 11:7;
Job 13:11;
Ps 55:5;
Ps 105:38;
Esth 8:17;
Esth 9:2;
Esth 9:3;
Dan 10:7 reproach, followed by
עַלֿ Ps 69:10 =
fail to be accomplished
Josh 21:43;
Josh 23:14 (twice in verse) (all
D),
1Kgs 8:56;
2Kgs 10:10 (+
אַ֫רְצָה); = not to be reckoned
Num 6:12 (
P); of word (
דָּבָר)
falling into (
ב) Israel
Isa 9:7 =
fall out, turn out, result Ruth 3:18 (subject
דָּבָר).
7. =
lie, of Midianites, etc. (like locusts;
ב location)
Judg 9:12 =
lie prostrate,
1Sam 19:24 usually participle
Josh 7:10 (
J E;
עַלפָּֿנֶיךָ),
1Sam 5:3;
1Sam 5:4 (
לְפָנָיו),
Amos 9:11,
עַלהַֿמִּטָּה Esth 7:8 of the dead
1Sam 31:8 =
1Chr 10:8;
Deut 21:1;
Ezek 32:27 (
Co conjecture
נְפִילִים [compare
Gen 6:4], see also
Berthol Toy
Hpt);
נֹפֵל אַ֫רְצָה מֵת Judg 3:25 compare
Judg 4:22 (omit
ארצה);
אַ֫רְצָה ׳פְּגָרִים נ 2Chr 20:24 compare also
Ezek 32:22;
Ezek 32:23;
Ezek 32:24 (strike out in v
Ezek 32:22 Hi Co Berthol, in v
Ezek 32:23 Toy
Hpt).
Hiph`il Perfect הִפִּיל 1Sam 3:19 +; 2 masculine singular suffix
הִפַּלְתָּם Ps 73:18 3 plural
הִפִּילוּ Judg 2:19 +; 1 plural
הִפַּלְנוּ Neh 10:35, etc.;
Imperfect יַפִּיל Exod 21:27,
וַיַּפֵּל Gen 2:21 +, suffix
יַפִּלֵם Ps 140:11 3 masculine plural
יַפִּילוּ 2Kgs 3:25;
Ps 22:19,
יַפִּיל֑וּן Job 29:24, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַפִּלֶהָ Josh 13:6 masculine plural
הַפִּילוּ 1Sam 14:42 Infinitive construct לְהַפִּיל 1Sam 18:25 +;
לַנְפִּל Num 5:22 read
לִנְפֹּל (
Di Ol§ 78 c Sta§ 114 a, 2 Köi. 309 Ges«GKC:66»§ 66, 2 R 1);
Participle מַפִּיל 2Kgs 6:5 + 2 t., plural
מַפִּילִים Dan 9:18 —
3. Especially of
casting lot (
גּוֺרָל),
Isa 34:17 (with
לְ for),
Neh 10:35 (with
עַל + infinitive),
Neh 11:1 (c. infinitive),
1Chr 26:14 (with
לְ; so read
KitHpt compare
ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Be Öttli),
Ps 22:19 (with
עַל),
Esth 9:24 (c. infinitive); absolute
Jonah 1:7 (twice in verse);
1Chr 24:31;
1Chr 25:8;
1Chr 26:13;
Esth 3:7 +
בְּתוֺכֵנוּ Prov 1:14 (i.e. share with us); omitted
גּוֺרָל 1Sam 14:32 (with
בֵּין),
Job 6:27 (with
עַל); hence
׳הִפּ =
assign, apportion, by lot, usually with
לְ person,
Josh 13:6;
Josh 23:4 (both
D),
Ezek 45:1;
Ezek 47:22 a = v
Ezek 47:22 b (read
יַפִּילוּ ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Hi-
Sm Co Berthol),
Ezek 48:29 (read
בְנַחֲלָה for
׳מנ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Hi-Sm, etc.),
Ps 78:55 (compare
Qal 1 end; and בְּ 17 c). Qal 6. Hithpa`el throw, or prostrate oneself,
1. Infinitive construct הִתְנַפֵּל throw himself upon (
על)
Gen 43:18 (
J; i.e. attack).
2. Perfect 1 singular
הִתְנַפָּ֑לְתִּי Deut 9:25 Imperfect 1 singular
וָאֶתְנַפַּל Deut 9:18;
Deut 9:25 Participle מִתְנַפֵּל Ezra 10:1 —
prostrate oneself and
lie prostrate,
׳לִפְנֵי י. —
Pil`el. וְנִפְלַל Ezek 28:23, read
וְנָפַל Hi-
Sm Co Berthol.
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נְפַל verb fall (see Biblical Hebrew); — 2. fall by violence
Dan 7:20 (with
קֳדָם).
3. יִפֵּל לָךְ Ezra 7:20 it shall fall to thee (thou shalt need) to give (compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic,
SchulthLex. 126 and ZAW xxii (1902), 163).