STRONGS H5307:
Abbreviations
נָפַל 433 verb fall, lie (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew,
נְפַל, Syriac
; compare also Arabic
dedit praedam (Nö
ZMG xl (1886), 725 Frä
153f.), Minaean
נפל remove Hom
Sudar. Chrest. 128); —
Qal366 Perfect נ׳ Judges 5:27 +,
3rd person feminine singular נָֽפְלָה Genesis 15:12 +, etc.;
Imperfect יִפֹּל 1 Samuel 14:45 +,
וַיִּפֹּל Judges 4:16 +;
1st person singular אֶפֹּל 1 Chronicles 21:13 (needless change from 1st person plural
נִפְּלָהנִמְּלָה ||
2 Samuel 24:14 We Dr);
3rd person masculine plural יִפְּלוּ Hosea 7:16 +,
יִפֹּ֑לוּ Isaiah 3:25 +,
3rd person feminine plural תִּפֹּ֫לְנָה Ezekiel 13:11;
Ezekiel 30:25, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
נִפְלוּ Hosea 10:8;
Jeremiah 25:27;
Infinitive absolute נָפוֺל Esther 6:13;
construct נְפֹל Isaiah 30:25 +;
לִנְפֹּל Jeremiah 51:49 +; suffix
נָפְלוֺ 1 Samuel 29:3,
נִפְלוֺ 2 Samuel 1:10,
נִפְלָם Jeremiah 49:21 (on these forms compare Ba
NB 104);
Participle נֹפֵל Judges 4:22 +; feminine
נֹפֶ֫לֶת Genesis 15:12 +; plural
נֹפְלִים Joshua 8:25 + (insert also
1 Samuel 28:19b Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; Klo
כֹּרְעִים), etc.; —
1. fall, by accident, שָֿׁ֫מָּה וְנ׳ Exodus 21:33 (E) and there fall into it (a pit) an ox or an ass, compare Deuteronomy 22:4 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ, on the way), bird עַל־פַּח Amos 3:5; subject person, 1 Samuel 4:18 (from seat, מֵעַל), Deuteronomy 22:8 (twice in verse) (from roof, מִן); often into (ב) pit (usually figurative) Proverbs 26:27; Proverbs 28:10, also (absolute), Proverbs 22:14, Ecclesiastes 10:8; Psalm 7:16; Psalm 57:7 (בְּתוֺךְ), compare Psalm 35:8; Psalm 141:10(net), also, with אֶל, Isaiah 24:18 = Jeremiah 48:44; fall בְּלֵב יַמִּים Ezekiel 25:27; opposed to קוּם Jeremiah 8:4 compare Ecclesiastes 4:10 (twice in verse); with אָחוֺר fall backward Genesis 49:17 (poem); with בְּעַד through 2 Kings 1:2 compare (of locusts) Joel 2:8; † עַלחֶֿרֶב נ׳ causing death 1 Samuel 31:4, 5 = 1 Chronicles 10:4, 5; † אַ֫רְצָה עַל־פָּנָיו נ׳ 1 Samuel 17:49 (Goliath); subject thing, 2 Kings 2:13, 14 (מֵעַל), 2 Kings 6:5 (אֶלֿ into water), 2 Kings 6:6 (absolute); with עַל Leviticus 11:32, 35, 37, 38, אֶלֿ Leviticus 11:33; absolute of tent Judges 7:13 + Judges 7:13 (gloss, GFM, Bu); of wall Joshua 6:5 (JE), Jeremiah 51:44, figurative Ezekiel 13:11 (strike out Sm Co Berthol), Ezekiel 13:12; Ezekiel 13:14, לְאֶרֶץ Ezekiel 38:20; + תַּחְתֶּיהָ i.e. flat Joshua 6:20; נ׳ of bricks Isaiah 9:9 (in figurative), פֶּרֶץ Isaiah 30:13; towers Isaiah 30:25, foundations Jeremiah 50:15; wall fell upon (על) 1 Kings 20:30, so of house Judges 16:30; Job 1:19, mountains Hosea 10:8; mountain also absolute Job 14:18 (compare נָבֵל), height Ezekiel 38:20; tree Ecclesiastes 11:3 (twice in verse) (ב location), compare Isaiah 10:34 (בְ instrumental, in figure), Zechariah 11:2 (absolute); branches Ezekiel 31:12 (figurative); a grain Amos 9:9 (אֶרֶץ = to earth); of dew 2 Samuel 17:12 (with על), hailstones Ezekiel 13:11; blood (אַ֫רְצָה) 1 Samuel 26:20; † hair of head (ארצה) 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; horns of altar Amos 3:14 (לָאָרֶץ); peg Isaiah 22:25; fruit עַל־פֶּה Nahum 3:12; crown Lamentations 5:16; arm from (מִן) shoulder Job 31:22; of sword (apparently) 2 Samuel 20:8 (but on text see Commentaries); † fire from heaven, absolute 1 Kings 18:38 with מִן Job 1:16†; † hand of י׳ Ezekiel 8:1 (with עַלֿ; but read וַתְּהִי Co Berthol); spirit of י׳ Ezekiel 11:5 (עַלֿ); of lot (גּוֺרָל) Ezekiel 24:6; Jonah 1:7 (both with עַל), 1 Chronicles 26:14 (with לְ; || יָצָא), + Esther 3:7 Ry Wild (עַל); compare Hiph. 3; hence (of share, inheritance) fall, be allotted, to (לְ) Judges 18:1 (ב = as: בְּ 17c; so Numbers 34:2; Ezekiel 47:14), Psalm 16:6, absolute Joshua 17:5. — On Ezekiel 47:22b see Hiph. 3.; hence (of share, inheritance) fall, be allotted, to (לְ) Judges 18:1 (ב as: בְּ I 7 c; so Numbers 34:2 Ezekiel 47:14), Psalm 16:6, absolute Joshua 17:5. — On Ezekiel 47:22 see Hiph. 3.
2.
a. Especially of violent death (approximately + 96 times), Judges 5:27 (3 times in verse) (+ שָׁדוּד), 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 14:13; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Kings 22:20 2 Chronicles 18:9, etc.; + וַיָּמָת, etc.; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 2:23 (twice in verse); חָלָל נ׳ fall pierced (fatally) Judges 9:40; 1 Samuel 17:52; 1 Samuel 31:1 = 1 Chronicles 10:1 +; חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Ezekiel 35:8; compare בְּתוֺח חֲלָלִים Ezekiel 32:20; תַּחַת הֲרוּגִים נ׳ Isaiah 10:4; פְּגָרִים נ׳ corpses fall Jeremiah 9:21; Numbers 14:29 (P), Numbers 14:32 (JE); by the sword, בַּחֶרֶב Amos 7:17; Hosea 7:16; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 3:25; 2 Samuel 1:12; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 6:11; Numbers 14:3, 43 (JE), (+ בָּרָעָב, בַּדֶּבֶר), etc.; לְפִי חֶרֶב נ׳ † Joshua 8:24 (JE), Judges 4:16†; בְּיַד by the hand of † 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Samuel 24:14 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 21:13 (twice in verse), 1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 20:8†; תַּחַת רגליִ נ׳ fall under my feet 2 Samuel 22:39 = Psalm 18:39.
b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (about + 30 times); Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14 +; often || כָּשַׁל Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 8:15 (+ other words), Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 46:12; Jeremiah 50:32; Psalm 27:2; Proverbs 24:17; || כָּרַע Psalm 20:9; figurative of earth Isaiah 24:20 (opposed to קוּם), Haman falls before (לִפְנֵי) Mordecai Esther 6:13 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 14:12 (absolute); peculiar to Prov are בְּרִשְׁעָה נ׳ Proverbs 11:5, בְּרַע Proverbs 13:17, בְּרָעָה Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 28:14.
c. figurative = experience calamity Micah 7:8 (opposed to קוּם), Psalm 37:34; Psalm 145:14; Proverbs 24:16.
d. fall, of a city Jeremiah 51:8 (|| וַתִּשָּׁבֵר).
3.
a. Fall prostrate, Judges 19:26, 27, + אַ֫רְצָה Job 1:20; fall at full length (in a faint) מְלֹא־ וַיִּפֹּל קוֹמָתוֹ 1 Samuel 28:20; sink down Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E; supernatural influence); of arms of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:25 (opposed to חָזַק).
b. fall = prostrate oneself before (לִפְנֵי) man Genesis 50:18 (E), 2 Samuel 19:19; Genesis 44:14 (J; + אַ֫רְצָה); before י׳ 2 Chronicles 20:18; אַ֫רְעָה אֶל־פָּנָיו נ׳ before י׳ or his representative Joshua 5:14; Joshua 7:6 (both J E); also (ארצה omitted) Ezekiel 43:3; Ezekiel 44:4; before man 2 Samuel 14:22; more often עַל־פָּנָיו נ׳, before man 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 18:7, 39; Ruth 2:10, before י׳ Genesis 17:3, 17 + 6 times P, Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Daniel 8:17; + אַ֫רְפָה, before man 2 Samuel 14:4, before י׳ Judges 13:20; אַ֫רְצָה לְאַפָּיו 1 Samuel 20:41, עַל־פָּנֶיהָ דָוִד לְאַפֵּי 1 Samuel 25:23, ארצה נ׳ 2 Samuel 1:2 (all before man); עַלרַֿגְלָיו נ׳ fall at one's feet 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Kings 4:37, לִפְנֵי ר׳ Esther 8:3. See synonym below קדד.
c. fall upon (עַל) one's neck, in embrace Genesis 33:4; Genesis 46:29 (both J), Genesis 45:14 (E), אָבִיו עַל־פְּנֵי Genesis 50:1 (J).
4.
a. Fall upon (עַל) = attack Jeremiah 48:32 (figurative), compare Isaiah 16:9; with בְּ Joshua 11:7 (D), absolute Job 1:15; אִישׁ אֶלרֵֿעֵהוּ נ׳ Jeremiah 46:16.
b. † desert or fall away to, go over to, with עַלֿ 2 Kings 25:11 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:15 (twice in verse), Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 37:14; Jeremiah 39:9; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:21 (twice in verse) (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:19; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:20), 2 Chronicles 15:9, with אֶלֿ 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19, absolute 1 Samuel 29:3; Jeremiah 39:9.
c. בְּיַד נ׳ fall into the hand (power) of Judges 15:18; Lamentations 1:7: — compare also 2. a. above
5. † Figurative, of deep sleep, with עַל Genesis 15:12 (J), 1 Samuel 26:12; Job 4:13; Job 33:15; face, countenance (in displeasure) Genesis 4:5, 6 (J); לֵב אָדָם עָלָיו נ׳ 1 Samuel 17:32 (of sinking heart); בְעֵינֵיהֶם וַיִפְּלוּ) Nehemiah 6:16 and they were cast down in their (own) eyes (compare BeRy, Ryle); † of calamity followed by עַלֿ Isaiah 47:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12; terror, etc., followed by עַלֿ Genesis 15:12 (J), Joshua 2:9 (JE), Exodus 15:16 (song), 1 Samuel 11:7; Job 13:11; Psalm 55:5; Psalm 105:38; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:2, 3; Daniel 10:7; reproach, followed by עַלֿ Psalm 69:10; † = fail to be accomplished Joshua 21:43; Joshua 23:14 (twice in verse) (all D), 1 Kings 8:56; 2 Kings 10:10 (+ אַ֫רְצָה); = not to be reckoned Numbers 6:12 (P); † of word (דָּבָר) falling into (ב) Israel Isaiah 9:7; † = fall out, turn out, result Ruth 3:18 (subject דָּבָר).
6. Other idiomatic uses are: לְמִשְׁכָּב נ׳ take to one's bed Exodus 21:18 (E); settle Genesis 25:18 (J); = alight quickly, מֵעַל הַגָּמָל Genesis 24:64 (J), מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה 2 Kings 5:21; waste away Numbers 5:21, 22, 27; = be born Isaiah 26:18 (compare Hiph. Isaiah 26:19); = be offered, of supplication (לִפְנֵי י׳) Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 42:2 (compare Hiph. 6); with מִן = be inferior to Job 12:3; Job 13:2.
† 7. = lie, of Midianites, etc. (like locusts; ב location) Judges 9:12; = lie prostrate, 1 Samuel 19:24; usually participle Joshua 7:10 (J E; עַל־פָּנֶיךָ), 1 Samuel 5:3, 4 (לְפָנָיו), Amos 9:11, עַלהַֿמִּטָּה Esther 7:8; of the dead 1 Samuel 31:8 = 1 Chronicles 10:8; Deuteronomy 21:1; Ezekiel 32:27 (Co conjecture נְפִילִים [compare Genesis 6:4], see also Berthol ToyHpt); נֹפֵל אַ֫רְצָה מֵת Judges 3:25; compare Judges 4:22 (omit ארצה); אַ֫רְצָה נ׳ פְּגָרִים 2 Chronicles 20:24; compare also Ezekiel 32:22, 23, 24 (strike out in Ezekiel 32:22 Hi Co Berthol, in Ezekiel 32:23 ToyHpt).
Hiph. Perfect הִפִּיל 1 Samuel 3:19 +;
2nd person masculine singular suffix
הִפַּלְתָּם Psalm 73:18;
3rd person plural הִפִּילוּ Judges 2:19 +;
1st person plural הִפַּלְנוּ Nehemiah 10:35, etc.;
Imperfect יַפִּיל Exodus 21:27,
וַיַּפֵּל Genesis 2:21 +, suffix
יַפִּלֵם Psalm 140:11;
3rd person masculine plural יַפִּילוּ 2 Kings 3:25;
Psalm 22:19,
יַפִּיל֑וּן Job 29:24, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַפִּלֶהָ Joshua 13:6; masculine plural
הַפִּילוּ 1 Samuel 14:42;
Infinitive construct לְהַפִּיל 1 Samuel 18:25 +;
לַנְפִּל Numbers 5:22 read
לִנְפֹּל (Di Ol
§ 78 c Sta
§ 114 a, 2 Kö
i. 309 Ges
§ 66, 2 R 1);
Participle מַפִּיל 2 Kings 6:5 +
2 times, plural
מַפִּילִים Daniel 9:18; —
1. cause to fall, with accusative, literally:
a. fell tree 2 Kings 3:19, 25; compare 2 Kings 6:5.
b. throw down wall 2 Samuel 20:15.
c. knock out tooth Exodus 21:27 (E).
d. lay prostrate Deuteronomy 25:2 (for bastinado).
e. cast (cedar pillars) into (עַלֿ) fire Jeremiah 22:7; so (with ב), wicked men Psalm 140:11.
f. make sword drop from (מִן) hand Ezekiel 30:22 (figurative), compare Ezekiel 39:3.
g. cause stone to fall עַל Numbers 35:23, flesh Psalm 78:28 (בְּקֶרֶב), stars Daniel 8:10 (in vision).
2. Of causing death בַּחֶרֶב 2 Kings 19:7 = Isaiah 37:7; Jeremiah 19:7; Ezekiel 32:12 (all י׳ subject), 2 Chronicles 32:21 (human subject); בְּיַד 1 Samuel 18:25; + חֲלָלִים Ezekiel 6:4; Proverbs 7:26; also Psalm 106:26; Daniel 11:12 = overthrow, bring to destruction, Psalm 37:14; Psalm 73:18 (with ל), Psalm 106:27.
3. especially of casting lot (גּוֺרָל), Isaiah 34:17 (with לְ for), Nehemiah 10:35 (with עַל + infinitive), Nehemiah 11:1 (with infinitive), 1 Chronicles 26:14 (with לְ; so read KitHpt compare Be Öttli), Psalm 22:19 (with עַל), Esther 9:24 (with infinitive); absolute Jonah 1:7 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:13; Esther 3:7; + בְּתוֺכֵנוּ Proverbs 1:14 (i.e. share with us); omitted גּוֺרָל 1 Samuel 14:32 (with בֵּין), Job 6:27 (with עַל); hence הִפּ׳ = assign, apportion, by lot, usually with לְ person, Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:4 (both D), Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 47:22a = Ezekiel 47:22b (read יַפִּילוּ Hi-Sm Co Berthol), Ezekiel 48:29 (read בְנַחֲלָה for מנ׳ Hi-Sm, etc.), Psalm 78:55 (compare Qal 1 end; and בְּ 17c).
4. Figurative, let drop, cause to fail (cf Qal 5), Judges 2:19; Esther 6:10, + אַ֫רְצָה 1 Samuel 3:19.
5. Cause deep sleep to fall (עַלֿ) Genesis 2:21 (J), Proverbs 19:15 (absolute), make countenance fall, look displeased at (ב), Jeremiah 3:12, compare Job 29:24 (object פָּנַי אוֺר); cause terror, etc., to fall (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 15:8.
6. Other idioms are: bring to life (properly drop young) Isaiah 26:19 (figurative); present supplication Jeremiah 38:26; Jeremiah 42:9; Daniel 9:18, 20 (all with לִפְנֵי); — on both compare Qal 6.
Hithp. throw, or
prostrate oneself,
1. Infinitive construct הִתְנַפֵּל throw himself upon (על) Genesis 43:18 (J; i.e. attack).
2. Perfect 1st person singular הִתְנַפָּ֑לְתִּי Deuteronomy 9:25; Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶתְנַפַּל Deuteronomy 9:18, 25; Participle מִתְנַפֵּל Ezra 10:1; — prostrate oneself and lie prostrate, לִפְנֵי י׳. —
Pil`el. וְנִפְלַל Ezekiel 28:23, read
וְנָפַל Hi-Sm Co Berthol.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5308.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
2:21; 2:21; 4:5; 4:6; 6:4; 15:12; 15:12; 15:12; 15:12; 17:3; 17:17; 24:64; 25:18; 33:4; 43:18; 44:14; 45:14; 46:29; 49:17; 50:1; 50:18
Exodus
15:16; 21:18; 21:27; 21:27; 21:33
Leviticus
11:32; 11:33; 11:35; 11:37; 11:38
Numbers
5:21; 5:22; 5:22; 5:27; 6:12; 14:3; 14:29; 14:32; 14:43; 24:4; 24:16; 34:2; 34:2; 35:23
Deuteronomy
9:18; 9:25; 9:25; 21:1; 22:4; 22:8; 25:2
Joshua
2:9; 5:14; 6:5; 6:20; 7:6; 7:10; 8:24; 8:25; 11:7; 13:6; 13:6; 17:5; 17:5; 21:43; 23:4; 23:14
Judges
2:19; 2:19; 3:25; 4:16; 4:16; 4:22; 4:22; 5:27; 5:27; 7:13; 7:13; 9:12; 9:40; 13:20; 15:18; 16:30; 18:1; 18:1; 19:26; 19:27
Ruth
2:10; 3:18
1 Samuel
3:19; 3:19; 4:10; 4:18; 5:3; 5:4; 11:7; 14:13; 14:32; 14:42; 14:45; 14:45; 17:32; 17:49; 17:52; 18:25; 18:25; 19:24; 20:41; 25:23; 25:24; 26:12; 26:20; 28:19; 28:20; 29:3; 29:3; 31:1; 31:4; 31:5; 31:8
2 Samuel
1:2; 1:4; 1:10; 1:12; 2:23; 9:6; 11:17; 14:4; 14:11; 14:22; 17:12; 19:19; 20:8; 20:15; 21:9; 21:22; 22:39; 24:14; 24:14
1 Kings
1:52; 8:56; 18:7; 18:38; 18:39; 20:30; 22:20
2 Kings
1:2; 2:13; 2:14; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25; 4:37; 5:21; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 7:4; 10:10; 19:7; 25:11
1 Chronicles
5:10; 10:1; 10:4; 10:5; 10:8; 12:19; 12:20; 12:20; 12:20; 12:21; 20:8; 21:13; 21:13; 21:16; 24:31; 25:8; 26:13; 26:14; 26:14
2 Chronicles
15:9; 18:9; 20:18; 20:24; 32:21
Ezra
10:1
Nehemiah
6:16; 10:35; 10:35; 11:1
Esther
3:7; 3:7; 6:10; 6:13; 6:13; 7:8; 8:3; 8:17; 9:2; 9:3; 9:24
Job
1:15; 1:16; 1:19; 1:20; 4:13; 6:27; 12:3; 13:2; 13:11; 14:18; 29:24; 29:24; 31:22; 33:15
Psalms
7:16; 16:6; 16:6; 18:39; 20:9; 22:19; 22:19; 27:2; 35:8; 37:14; 37:34; 55:5; 57:7; 69:10; 73:18; 73:18; 78:28; 78:55; 105:38; 106:26; 106:27; 140:11; 140:11; 141:10; 145:14
Proverbs
1:14; 7:26; 11:5; 13:17; 17:20; 19:15; 22:14; 24:16; 24:17; 26:27; 28:10; 28:14
Ecclesiastes
4:10; 9:12; 10:8; 11:3
Isaiah
3:8; 3:25; 3:25; 8:15; 9:7; 9:9; 10:4; 10:34; 14:12; 16:9; 22:25; 24:18; 24:20; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 30:13; 30:25; 30:25; 31:3; 34:17; 37:7; 47:11
Jeremiah
3:12; 8:4; 8:12; 9:21; 15:8; 19:7; 21:9; 22:7; 25:27; 36:7; 37:13; 37:14; 37:20; 38:19; 38:26; 39:9; 39:9; 42:2; 42:9; 46:12; 46:16; 48:32; 48:44; 49:21; 50:15; 50:32; 51:8; 51:44; 51:49; 52:15
Lamentations
1:7; 5:16
Ezekiel
3:23; 5:12; 6:4; 6:11; 8:1; 9:8; 11:5; 11:13; 13:11; 13:11; 13:11; 13:12; 13:14; 24:6; 28:23; 30:22; 30:25; 30:25; 31:12; 32:12; 32:20; 32:22; 32:22; 32:23; 32:23; 32:24; 32:27; 35:8; 38:20; 38:20; 39:3; 43:3; 44:4; 45:1; 47:14; 47:14; 47:22; 47:22; 47:22; 47:22; 48:29
Daniel
8:10; 8:17; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 10:7; 11:12
Hosea
7:16; 7:16; 10:8; 10:8; 14:1
Joel
2:8
Amos
3:5; 3:14; 5:2; 7:17; 8:14; 9:9; 9:11
Jonah
1:7; 1:7
Micah
7:8
Nahum
3:12
Zechariah
11:2