נָפַל

na.phal · to fall: fall

Hebrew · Strong's H5307 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-fal' · 435 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to fall: fall H5307G 277
  • to fall: kill H5307J · a Meaning of 98
  • to fall: allot H5307I · a Meaning of 26
  • to fall: deserting H5307H · a Meaning of 17
  • to fall: fell(trees) H5307M · a Meaning of 6
  • to fall: fail H5307L · a Meaning of 5
  • to fall: presenting H5307N · a Meaning of 4
  • to fall: angry H5307K · a Meaning of 2

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָפַל 433 vb. fall, lie
Qal 366
1. fall, by accident
2.
a. Esp. of violent death
b. fig. = go to ruin, perish, etc.
c. fig. = experience calamity
d. fall, of a city
3.
a. Fall prostrate
b. fall = prostrate oneself before
c. fall upon one's neck, in embrace
4.
a. Fall upon = attack
b. desert or fall away to, go over to
5. Fig., of deep sleep
6. Other idiomatic uses
7. = lie; = lie prostrate
Hiph.
1. cause to fall
2. Of causing death; = overthrow, bring to destruction
3. Esp. of casting lot
4. Fig., let drop, cause to fail
5. cause deep sleep to fall
6. Other idioms
Hithp. throw, or prostrate oneself

Every occurrence

  1. Numbers 5:21 נֹפֶ֔לֶת no.Fe.let · An -ing word: simple action

    then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

  2. Numbers 5:22 וְלַנְפִּ֣ל ve.lan.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

  3. Numbers 5:27 וְנָפְלָ֖ה ve.na.fe.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

  4. Numbers 6:12 יִפְּל֔וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

  5. Numbers 14:3 לִנְפֹּ֣ל lin.Pol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  6. Numbers 14:5 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

  7. Numbers 14:29 יִפְּל֨וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,

  8. Numbers 14:32 יִפְּל֖וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

  9. Numbers 14:43 וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם u.ne.fal.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

  10. Numbers 16:4 וַיִּפֹּ֖ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

  11. Numbers 16:22 וַיִּפְּל֤וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  12. Numbers 16:45 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

  13. Numbers 20:6 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.

  14. Numbers 24:4 נֹפֵ֖ל no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

  15. Numbers 24:16 נֹפֵ֖ל no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

  16. Numbers 34:2 תִּפֹּ֤ל ti.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),

  17. Numbers 35:23 וַיַּפֵּ֥ל vai.ya.Pel · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

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