נָפַלnâphal

Qal: construct (Judges 5:27; Genesis 15:12; 1 Samuel 14:45)

1. fall (Exodus 21:33; Deuteronomy 22:4; Amos 3:5)

2.

a. Especially of violent death (Judges 5:27; 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 14:13)

b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14; Isaiah 3:8)

c. figurative (Micah 7:8; Psalms 37:34; Psalms 145:14)

d. fall, of a city (Jeremiah 51:8)

3.

a. Fall prostrate (Judges 19:26; Judges 19:27; Job 1:20)

b. = 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. (Genesis 50:18; 2 Samuel 19:19; Genesis 44:14)

c. fall upon (Genesis 33:4; Genesis 46:29; Genesis 45:14)

4.

a. Fall upon, = attack (Jeremiah 48:32; Isaiah 16:9; Joshua 11:7)

b. desert or fall away to, go over to (2 Kings 25:11; Jeremiah 52:15; Jeremiah 21:9)

c. fall into the hand (power) of (Judges 15:18; Lamentations 1:7)

5. sinking, and they were cast down in their (Genesis 15:12; 1 Samuel 26:12; Job 4:13)

6. Other idiomatic uses are (Exodus 21:18; Genesis 25:18; Genesis 24:64)

7. = lie (Judges 9:12; 1 Samuel 19:24; Joshua 7:10)

Hiph`il

1. cause to fall

a. fell (2 Kings 3:19; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 6:5)

b. throw down (2 Samuel 20:15)

c. knock out (Exodus 21:27)

d. lay prostrate (Deuteronomy 25:2)

e. cast (Jeremiah 22:7; Psalms 140:11)

f. make, drop (Ezekiel 30:22; Ezekiel 39:3)

g. cause, to fall (Numbers 35:23; Psalms 78:28; Daniel 8:10)

2. Of causing death (2 Kings 19:7; Isaiah 37:7; Jeremiah 19:7)

3. end; and, Especially of casting lot (גּוֺרָל) (Isaiah 34:17; Nehemiah 10:35; Nehemiah 11:1)

4. let drop, cause to fail (Judges 2:19; Esther 6:10; 1 Samuel 3:19)

5. Cause, to fall (Genesis 2:21; Proverbs 19:15; Jeremiah 3:12)

6. Other idioms are (Isaiah 26:19; Jeremiah 38:26; Jeremiah 42:9)

Hithpa`el: throw, or prostrate oneself

1. throw himself (Genesis 43:18)

2. prostrate oneself, lie prostrate (Deuteronomy 9:25; Deuteronomy 9:18; Ezra 10:1)

Pil`el.: read וְנָפַל (Ezekiel 28:23)

: fall

Pe`al

1. fall (Daniel 2:46; Daniel 3:5; Daniel 3:6)

2. fall, by violence (Daniel 7:20)

3. fall (Ezra 7:20)