Transliteration: nâphal

Phonetic: naw-fal'

BDB Definition:

1. to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
   1. (Qal)
      1. to fall
      2. to fall (of violent death)
      3. to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
      4. to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
      5. to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
      6. to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
      7. to lie, lie prostrate
   2. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
      2. to overthrow
      3. to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
      4. to let drop, cause to fail (figuratively)
      5. to cause to fall
   3. (Hithpael)
      1. to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
      2. to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
   4. (Pilel) to fall

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1392

Part(s) of speech: Verb