נָפַל
to fall
also: lie, be cast down, fail fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘fall’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to fall’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘throw’
- Pilpel
- A reduplicated intensive stem of two-letter or hollow roots.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Psalms 21 verses
- Psalms 91:7 יִפֹּ֤ל Qal impf 3ms A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.
- Psalms 105:38 נָפַ֖ל Qal pf 3ms Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.
- Psalms 118:13 לִ/נְפֹּ֑ל prep + Qal inf.cs You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.
- Psalms 141:10 יִפְּל֣וּ Qal impf 3mp Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by.
- Psalms 145:14 הַ/נֹּפְלִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Yahweh upholds all who fall, And raises up all those who are bowed down.
Proverbs 12 verses
- Proverbs 11:5 יִפֹּ֥ל Qal impf 3ms The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 11:14 יִפָּל Qal impf 3ms Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, But in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
- Proverbs 11:28 יִפֹּ֑ל Qal impf 3ms He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
- Proverbs 13:17 יִפֹּ֣ל Qal impf 3ms A wicked messenger falls into trouble, But a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
- Proverbs 17:20 יִפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 22:14 יפול יִפָּל Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
- Proverbs 24:16 יִפּ֣וֹל Qal impf 3ms For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- Proverbs 24:17 בִּ/נְפֹ֣ל prep + Qal inf.cs Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
- Proverbs 26:27 יִפֹּ֑ל Qal impf 3ms Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
- Proverbs 28:10 יִפּ֑וֹל Qal impf 3ms Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.
- Proverbs 28:14 יִפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 28:18 יִפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; But one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
Ecclesiastes 4 verses
- Ecclesiastes 4:10 יִפֹּ֔לוּ שֶׁ/יִּפּ֔וֹל Qal impf 3mp ptcl rel + Qal impf 3ms For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 כְּ/שֶׁ/תִּפּ֥וֹל prep + ptcl rel + Qal impf 3fs For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8 יִפּ֑וֹל Qal impf 3ms He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3 יִפּ֥וֹל שֶׁ/יִּפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms ptcl rel + Qal impf 3ms If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
Isaiah 21 verses
- Isaiah 3:8 נָפָ֑ל Qal pf 3ms For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; Because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, To provoke the eyes of his glory.
- Isaiah 3:25 יִפֹּ֑לוּ Qal impf 3mp Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.
- Isaiah 8:15 וְ/נָפְל֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- Isaiah 9:8 וְ/נָפַ֖ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel.
- Isaiah 9:10 נָפָ֖לוּ Qal pf 3cp The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycamores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
- Isaiah 10:4 יִפֹּ֑לוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 10:34 יִפּֽוֹל Qal impf 3ms He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
- Isaiah 13:15 יִפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms Everyone who is found shall be thrust through; and everyone who is taken shall fall by the sword.
- Isaiah 14:12 נָפַ֥לְתָּ Qal pf 2ms How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
- Isaiah 16:9 נָפָֽל Qal pf 3ms Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the [battle] shout is fallen.
- Isaiah 21:9 נָפְלָ֤ה נָֽפְלָה֙ Qal pf 3fs Qal pf 3fs and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
- Isaiah 22:25 וְ/נָפְלָ֗ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs In that day, says Yahweh of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was on it shall be cut off; for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 24:18 יִפֹּ֣ל Qal impf 3ms It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
- Isaiah 24:20 וְ/נָפְלָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
- Isaiah 26:18 יִפְּל֖וּ Qal impf 3mp We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
- Isaiah 30:13 נֹפֵ֔ל Qal ptcp.act ms therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- Isaiah 30:25 בִּ/נְפֹ֖ל prep + Qal inf.cs There shall be on every lofty mountain, and on every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 31:3 וְ/נָפַ֣ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Yahweh shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
- Isaiah 31:8 וְ/נָפַ֤ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms The Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to forced labor.
- Isaiah 47:11 וְ/תִפֹּ֤ל conj + Qal impf 3fs Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning of it: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
- Isaiah 54:15 יִפּֽוֹל Qal impf 3ms Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.
Jeremiah 34 verses
- Jeremiah 6:15 יִפְּל֧וּ בַ/נֹּפְלִ֛ים Qal impf 3mp prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 8:4 הֲ/יִפְּל֖וּ ptcl inter + Qal impf 3mp Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
- Jeremiah 8:12 יִפְּל֣וּ בַ/נֹּפְלִ֗ים Qal impf 3mp prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 9:22 וְ/נָֽפְלָה֙ conj + Qal wpf 3fs Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather [them].
- Jeremiah 20:4 וְ/נָֽפְל֛וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
- Jeremiah 21:9 וְ/נָפַ֨ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
- Jeremiah 23:12 וְ/נָ֣פְלוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 25:27 וְ/נִפְל֖וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
- Jeremiah 25:34 וּ/נְפַלְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.
- Jeremiah 36:7 תִּפֹּ֤ל Qal impf 3fs It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
- Jeremiah 37:13 נֹפֵֽל Qal ptcp.act ms When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 37:14 נֹפֵל֙ Qal ptcp.act ms Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
- Jeremiah 37:20 תִּפָּל Qal juss 3fs Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
- Jeremiah 38:19 נָֽפְלוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
- Jeremiah 39:9 הַ/נֹּֽפְלִים֙ נָפְל֣וּ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal pf 3cp Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
- Jeremiah 39:18 תִפֹּ֑ל Qal impf 2ms For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prey to you; because you have put your trust in me, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 42:2 תִּפָּל Qal juss 3fs and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray you, our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:
- Jeremiah 44:12 יִפֹּ֗לוּ Qal impf 3mp I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
- Jeremiah 46:6 וְ/נָפָֽלוּ conj + Qal pf 3cp Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
- Jeremiah 46:12 נָפְל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
- Jeremiah 46:16 נָפַ֞ל Qal pf 3ms He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
- Jeremiah 48:32 נָפָֽל Qal pf 3ms With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:44 יִפֹּ֣ל Qal impf 3ms He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:21 נִפְלָ֔/ם Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
- Jeremiah 49:26 יִפְּל֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 50:15 נָֽפְלוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
- Jeremiah 50:30 יִפְּל֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:32 וְ/נָפַ֔ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him.
- Jeremiah 51:4 וְ/נָפְל֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
- Jeremiah 51:8 נָפְלָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- Jeremiah 51:44 נָפָֽלָה Qal pf 3fs I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
- Jeremiah 51:47 יִפְּל֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
- Jeremiah 51:49 לִ/נְפֹּ֖ל נָפְל֖וּ prep + Qal inf.cs Qal pf 3cp As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
- Jeremiah 52:15 הַ/נֹּֽפְלִים֙ נָֽפְלוּ֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal pf 3cp Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
Lamentations 3 verses
- Lamentations 1:7 בִּ/נְפֹ֧ל prep + Qal inf.cs Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
- Lamentations 2:21 נָפְל֣וּ Qal pf 3cp The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, [and] not pitied.
- Lamentations 5:16 נָֽפְלָה֙ Qal pf 3fs The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned.
Ezekiel 43 verses
- Ezekiel 1:28 וָ/אֶפֹּ֣ל conj + Qal wimpf 1cs As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Ezekiel 3:23 וָ/אֶפֹּ֖ל conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 5:12 יִפְּל֣וּ Qal impf 3mp A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 6:7 וְ/נָפַ֥ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 6:11 יִפֹּֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Smite with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
- Ezekiel 6:12 יִפּ֔וֹל Qal impf 3ms He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath on them.
- Ezekiel 8:1 וַ/תִּפֹּ֤ל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell there on me.
- Ezekiel 9:8 וָ/אֶפְּלָ֨/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
- Ezekiel 11:5 וַ/תִּפֹּ֣ל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus have you said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
- Ezekiel 11:10 תִּפֹּ֔לוּ Qal impf 2mp You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 11:13 וָ/אֶפֹּ֨ל conj + Qal wimpf 1cs It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
- Ezekiel 13:11 וְ/יִפֹּ֑ל תִּפֹּ֔לְנָה conj + Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 2fp tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.
- Ezekiel 13:12 נָפַ֣ל Qal pf 3ms Behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?
- Ezekiel 13:14 וְ/נָֽפְלָה֙ conj + Qal wpf 3fs So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation of it shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 17:21 יִפֹּ֔לוּ Qal impf 3mp All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 23:25 תִּפּ֑וֹל Qal impf 3fs I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
- Ezekiel 24:6 נָפַ֥ל Qal pf 3ms Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it.
- Ezekiel 24:21 יִפֹּֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 25:13 יִפֹּֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:27 יִפְּלוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
- Ezekiel 27:34 נָפָֽלוּ Qal pf 3cp In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.
- Ezekiel 29:5 תִּפּ֔וֹל Qal impf 2ms I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
- Ezekiel 30:4 בִּ/נְפֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
- Ezekiel 30:5 יִפֹּֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
- Ezekiel 30:6 וְ/נָֽפְלוּ֙ יִפְּלוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal impf 3mp Thus says Yahweh: They also who uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 30:17 יִפֹּ֑לוּ Qal impf 3mp The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these [cities] shall go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 30:25 תִּפֹּ֑לְנָה Qal impf 3fp I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 31:12 נָפְל֣וּ Qal pf 3cp Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
- Ezekiel 32:20 יִפֹּ֑לוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
- Ezekiel 32:22 הַ/נֹּפְלִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
- Ezekiel 32:23 נֹפְלִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act mp whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:24 הַ/נֹּפְלִ֨ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 32:27 נֹפְלִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 33:27 יִפֹּ֔לוּ Qal impf 3mp Thus shall you tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
- Ezekiel 35:8 יִפְּל֥וּ Qal impf 3mp I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword.
- Ezekiel 38:20 וְ/נָֽפְלוּ֙ תִּפּֽוֹל conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal impf 3fs so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
- Ezekiel 39:4 תִּפּ֗וֹל Qal impf 2ms You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
- Ezekiel 39:5 תִּפּ֑וֹל Qal impf 2ms You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:23 וַ/יִּפְּל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
- Ezekiel 43:3 וָ/אֶפֹּ֖ל conj + Qal wimpf 1cs It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 44:4 וָ/אֶפֹּ֖ל conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 47:14 וְ/נָ֨פְלָ֜ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
- Ezekiel 47:22 תַּפִּ֣לוּ יִפְּל֣וּ Hiphil impf 2mp Qal impf 3mp It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the strangers who sojourn among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Daniel 4 verses
- Daniel 8:17 וָ/אֶפְּלָ֖/ה conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
- Daniel 10:7 נָפְלָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
- Daniel 11:19 וְ/נָפַ֖ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
- Daniel 11:26 וְ/נָפְל֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
Hosea 4 verses
- Hosea 7:7 נָפָ֔לוּ Qal pf 3cp They are all hot as an oven, And devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
- Hosea 7:16 יִפְּל֥וּ Qal impf 3mp They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
- Hosea 10:8 נִפְל֥וּ Qal impv 2mp The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"
- Hosea 13:16 יִפֹּ֔לוּ Qal impf 3mp Samaria will bear her guilt; For she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open."
Joel 1 verse
Amos 7 verses
- Amos 3:5 הֲ/תִפֹּ֤ל ptcl inter + Qal impf 3fs Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, Where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, When there is nothing to catch?
- Amos 3:14 וְ/נָפְל֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar will be cut off, And fall to the ground.
- Amos 5:2 נָֽפְלָה֙ Qal pf 3fs "The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; There is no one to raise her up."
- Amos 7:17 יִפֹּ֔לוּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
- Amos 8:14 וְ/נָפְל֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."
- Amos 9:9 יִפּ֥וֹל Qal impf 3ms "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- Amos 9:11 הַ/נֹּפֶ֑לֶת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
Jonah 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
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The Hebrew verb נפל centers on the idea of “to fall.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:21. It appears 403 verses across 33 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Across 3 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Qal, Hiphil). It clusters with מפל, מפלה and מפלת under a shared root. Dig into 403-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H5307 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 403
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 403 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #112
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 112 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 403 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 236 verses · 59%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 112 verses · 28%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 55 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Fell 65×, Shall fall 47×, Fall 46×
- American Standard Version: Fell 51×, Shall fall 40×, Fall 32×
- Berean Standard Bible: Fell 52×, Will fall 41×, Fall 29×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Fell 57×, Fall 52×, Will fall 45×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5307 across 435 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 116 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5307 across 432 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 147 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5307 across 431 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 150 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5307 across 502 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 88 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
32 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 32 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. נ׳ Ju 5:27 +, 3 fs. נָֽפְלָה Gn 15:12 +, etc.; Impf. יִפֹּל 1 S 14:45 +, וַיִּפֹּל Ju 4:16 +; 1 s. אֶפֹּל 1 Ch 21:13 (needless change from 1 pl. נִפְּלָה ‖ 2 S 24:14 We Dr); 3 mpl. יִפְּלוּ Ho 7:16 +, יִפֹּ֑לוּ Is 3:25 +, 3 fpl. תִּפֹּ֫לְנָה Ez 13:11; 30:25, etc.; Imv. mpl. נִפְלוּ Ho 10:8; Je 25:27; Inf. abs. נָפוֹל Est 6:13; cstr. נְפֹל Is 30:25 +; לִנְפֹּל Je 51:49 +; sf. נָפְלוֹ 1 S 29:3, נִפְלוֹ 2 S 1:10, נִפְלָם Je 49:21 (on these forms cf. Ba NB 104); Pt. נֹפֵל Ju 4:22 +; f. נֹפֶ֫לֶת Gn 15:12 +; pl. נֹפְלִים Jos 8:25 + (ins. also 1 S 28:19 b 𝔊 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; Klo כֹּרְעִים), etc.;— e.g. Judges 5:27
- 1. fall, by accident, וְנ׳־שָׁ֫מָּה Ex 21:33 (E) and there fall into it (a pit) an ox or an ass, cf. Dt 22:4 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ, on the way), bird עַל־פַּח Am 3:5; subj. pers., 1 S 4:18 (from seat, מֵעַל), Dt 22:8(×2) (from roof, מִן); often into (ב) pit (usually fig.) Pr 26:27; 28:10, also (abs.), 22:14, Ec 10:8 ψ 7:16; 57:7 (בְּתוֹךְ), cf. 35:8; 141:10 (net), also, c. אֶל, Is 24:18 = Je 48:44; fall בְּלֵב יַמִּים Ez 27:27 (of Tyrian people); abs. 2 S 4:4 Gn 14:10; Je 25:27; opp. קוּם Je 8:4 cf. Ec 4:10(×2); c. אָחוֹר fall backward Gn 49:17 (poem); c. בְּעַד through 2 K 1:2 cf. (of locusts) Jo 2:8; †נ׳ עַל־חֶרֶב causing death 1 S 31:4, 5 = 1 Ch 10:4, 5; †נ׳ עַל־פָּנָיו אַ֫רְצָה 1 S 17:49 (Goliath); subj. rei, 2 K 2:13, 14 (מֵעַל), 6:5 (אֶל־ into water); v 6 (abs.); c. עַל Lv 11:32, 35, 37, 38, אֶל־ v 33; abs. of tent Ju 7:13 + v 13 (gloss, GFM, Bu); of wall Jos 6:5 (JE), Je 51:44, fig. Ez 13:11 (del. 𝔊 𝔖 Sm Co Berthol), v 12, 14, לְאֶרֶץ Ez 38:20; + תַּחְתֶּיהָ i.e. flat Jos 6:20; נ׳ of bricks Is 9:9 (in fig.), פֶּרֶץ 30:13, towers v 25, foundations Je 50:15; wall fell upon (על) 1 K 20:30, so of house Ju 16:30; Jb 1:19, mts. Ho 10:8; mt. also abs. Jb 14:18 (cf. נָבֵל), height Ez 38:20; tree Ec 11:3(×2) (ב loc.), cf. Is 10:34 (בְ instr., in fig.), Zc 11:2 (abs.); branches Ez 31:12 (fig.); a grain Am 9:9 (אֶרֶץ = to earth); of dew 2 S 17:12 (c. על), hailstones Ez 13:11; blood (אַ֫רְצָה) 1 S 26:20; †hair of head (ארצה) 1 S 14:45 2 S 14:11; 1 K 1:52; horns of altar Am 3:14 (לָאָרֶץ); peg Is 22:25; fruit עַל־פֶּה Na 3:12; crown La 5:16; arm from (מִן) shoulder Jb 31:22; of sword (appar.) 2 S 20:8 (but on text v. Comm.); †fire from heaven, abs. 1 K 18:38 c. מִן Jb 1:16†; †hand of י׳ Ez 8:1 (c. עַל־; but read וַתְּהִי 𝔊 Co Berthol); spirit of י׳ Ez 11:5 (עַל־); of lot (גּוֹרָל) Ez 24:6; Jon 1:7 (both c. עַל), 1 Ch 26:14 (c. לְ; ‖ יָצָא), + Est 3:7 𝔊 Ry Wild (עַל); cf. Hiph. 3; hence (of share, inheritance) fall, be allotted, to (לְ) Ju 18:1 (ב = as: בְּ I 7 c; so Nu 34:2; Ez 47:14), ψ 16:6, abs. Jos 17:5.—On Ez 47:22 b v. Hiph. 3. e.g. Exodus 21:33
- 2.
- a. Especially of violent death (c. 96 times), Ju 5:27(×3) (+ שָׁדוּד), 1 S 4:10; 14:13 2 S 11:17; 21:9, 1 K 22:20 = 2 Ch 18:9, etc.; + וַיָּמָת, etc., 2 S 1:4; 2:23(×2); נ׳ חָלָל fall pierced (fatally) Ju 9:40 1 S 17:52; 31:1 = 1 Ch 10:1 +; חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Ez 35:8; cf. בְּתוֹךְ חֲלָלִים 32:20; נ׳ תַּחַת הֲרוּגִים Is 10:4; נ׳ פְּגָרִים corpses fall Je 9:21; Nu 14:29 (P), v 32 (JE); by the sword, בַּחֶרֶב Am 7:17; Ho 7:16; 14:1; Is 3:25 2 S 1:12; Ez 5:12; 6:11; Nu 14:3, 43 (JE), (+ בָּרָעָב, בַּדֶּבֶר), etc.; נ׳ לְפִי חֶרֶב †Jos 8:24 (JE), Ju 4:16†; בְּיַד by the hand of †2 S 21:22; 24:14(×2) = 1 Ch 21:13(×2), 1 Ch 5:10; 20:8†; נ׳ תַּחַת רגלי fall under my feet 2 S 22:39 = ψ 18:39. e.g. Judges 5:27
- b. fig. = go to ruin, perish, etc. (c. 30 times); Am 5:2; 8:14 +; often ‖ כָּשַׁל Is 3:8; 8:15 (+ other words), 31:3; Je 8:12; 46:12; 50:32 ψ 5:11; 27:2; Pr 24:17; ‖ כָּרַע ψ 20:9; fig. of earth Is 24:20 (opp. קוּם); Haman falls before (לִפְנֵי) Mordecai Est 6:13(×2); cf. Is 14:12 (abs.); peculiar to Pr are נ׳ בְּרִשְׁעָה Pr 11:5, בְּרַע 13:17, בְּרָעָה 17:20; 28:14. e.g. Amos 5:2
- c. fig. = experience calamity Mi 7:8 (opp. קוּם), ψ 37:34; 145:14; Pr 24:16. e.g. Micah 7:8
- d. fall, of a city Je 51:8 (‖ וַתִּשָּׁבֵר). e.g. Jeremiah 51:8
- 3.
- a. Fall prostrate, Ju 19:26; 27, + אַ֫רְצָה Jb 1:20; fall at full length (in a faint) וַיִּפֹּל מְלֹא־קוֹמָתוֹ 1 S 28:20; sink down Nu 24:4, 16 (JE; supernat. influence); of arms of Pharaoh Ez 30:25 (opp. חָזַק). e.g. Judges 19:26
- b. fall = prostrate oneself before (לִפְנֵי) man Gn 50:18 (E), 2 S 19:19; Gn 44:14 (J; + אַ֫רְצָה); before י׳ 2 Ch 20:18; נ׳ אֶל־פָּנָיו אַ֫רְצָה before י׳ or his representative Jos 5:14; 7:6 (both JE); also (ארצה om.) Ez 43:3; 44:4; before man 2 S 14:22; more often נ׳ עַל־פָּנָיו, before man 2 S 9:6; 1 K 18:7, 39; Ru 2:10, before י׳ Gn 17:3, 17 + 6 times P, Ez 3:23; 9:8; 11:13; 1 Ch 21:16; Dn 8:17; + אַ֫רְצָה, before man 2 S 14:4, before י׳ Ju 13:20; לְאַפָּיו אַ֫רְצָה 1 S 20:41, לְאַפֵּי דָוִד עַל־פָּנֶיהָ 1 S 25:23, נ׳ ארצה 2 S 1:2 (all before man); נ׳ עַל־רַגְלָיו fall at one’s feet 1 S 25:24; 2 K 4:37, לִפְנֵי ר׳ Est 8:3. Vid. syn. sub קדד. e.g. Genesis 50:18
- c. fall upon (עַל) one’s neck, in embrace Gn 33:4; 46:29 (both J), 45:14 (E), עַל־פְּנֵי אָבִיו 50:1 (J). e.g. Genesis 33:4
- 4.
- a. Fall upon (עַל) = attack Je 48:32 (fig.), cf. Is 16:9; c. בְּ Jos 11:7 (D), abs. Jb 1:15; נ׳ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ Je 46:16. e.g. Jeremiah 48:32
- b. †desert or fall away to, go over to, c. עַל־ 2 K 25:11(×2) = Je 52:15(×2), Je 21:9; 37:14; 39:9; 1 Ch 12:20, 21(×2) (van d. H. v 19, 20(×2)), 2 Ch 15:9, c. אֶל־ 2 K 7:4; Je 37:13; 38:19, abs. 1 S 29:3; Je 39:9. e.g. 2 Kings 25:11
- c. נ׳ בְּיַד fall into the hand (power) of Ju 15:18 La 1:7:—cf. also 2. a. supr. e.g. Judges 15:18
- 5. †Fig., of deep sleep, c. עַל Gn 15:12 (J), 1 S 26:12; Jb 4:13; 33:15; face, countenance (in displeasure) Gn 4:5, 6 (J); נ׳ לֵב אָדָם עָלָיו 1 S 17:32 (of sinking heart); וַיִּפְּלוּ בְעֵינֵיהֶם Ne 6:16 and they were cast down in their (own) eyes (cf. Be-Ry, Ryle); †of calamity sq. עַל־ Is 47:11; Ec 9:12; terror, etc., sq. עַל־ Gn 15:12 (J), Jos 2:9 (JE), Ex 15:16 (song), 1 S 11:7; Jb 13:11 ψ 55:5; 105:38; Est 8:17; 9:2, 3; Dn 10:7; reproach, sq. עַל־ ψ 69:10; † = fail to be accomplished Jos 21:45; 23:14(×2) (all D), 1 K 8:56; 2 K 10:10 (+ אַ֫רְצָה); = not to be reckoned Nu 6:12 (P); †of word (דָּבָר) falling into (ב) Isr. Is 9:7; † = fall out, turn out, result Ru 3:18 (subj. דָּבָר). e.g. Genesis 15:12
- 6. Other idiomatic uses are: נ׳ לְמִשְׁכָּב take to one’s bed Ex 21:18 (E); settle Gn 25:18 (J); = alight quickly, מֵעַל הַגָּמָל Gn 24:64 (J), מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה 2 K 5:21; waste away Nu 5:21, 22, 27; = be born Is 26:18 (cf. Hiph. v 19); = be offered, of supplication (לִפְנֵי י׳) Je 36:7; 37:20; 42:2 (cf. Hiph. 6); c. מִן = be inferior to Jb 12:3; 13:2. e.g. Exodus 21:18
- 7. = lie, of Midianites, etc. (like locusts; ב loc.) Ju 7:12; = lie prostrate, 1 S 19:24; usually pt. Jos 7:10 (JE; עַל־פָּנֶיךָ), 1 S 5:3, 4 (לְפָנָיו), Am 9:11, עַל־הַמִּטָּה Est 7:8; of the dead 1 S 31:8 = 1 Ch 10:8; Dt 21:1; Ez 32:27 (Co conj. נְפִילִים [cf. Gn 6:4], v. also Berthol Toy Hpt); נֹפֵל אַ֫רְצָה מֵת Ju 3:25 cf. 4:22 (om. ארצה); פְּגָרִים נ׳ אַ֫רְצָה 2 Ch 20:24; cf. also Ez 32:22, 23, 24 (del. in v 22 Hi Co Berthol, in v 23 ToyHpt). e.g. Judges 7:12
Hiphil
- Pf. הִפִּיל 1 S 3:19 +; 2 ms. sf. הִפַּלְתָּם ψ 73:18; 3 pl. הִפִּילוּ Ju 2:19 +; 1 pl. הִפַּלְנוּ Ne 10:35, etc.; Impf. יַפִּיל Ex 21:27, וַיַּפֵּל Gn 2:21 +, sf. יַפִּלֵם ψ 140:11; 3 mpl. יַפִּילוּ 2 K 3:25 ψ 22:19, יַפִּיל֑וּן Jb 29:24, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. הַפִּלֶהָ Jos 13:6; mpl. הַפִּילוּ 1 S 14:42; Inf. cstr. לְהַפִּיל 1 S 18:25 +; לַנְפִּל Nu 5:22 read לִנְפֹּל (Di Ol§ 78 c Sta§ 114 a, 2 Kö i. 309 Ges§ 66, 2 R 1); Pt. מַפִּיל 2 K 6:5 + 2 times, pl. מַפִּילִים Dn 9:18;— e.g. 1 Samuel 3:19
- 1. cause to fall, c. acc., lit.:
- a. fell tree 2 K 3:19, 25 cf. 6:5. e.g. 2 Kings 3:19
- b. throw down wall 2 S 20:15. e.g. 2 Samuel 20:15
- c. knock out tooth Ex 21:27 (E). e.g. Exodus 21:27
- d. lay prostrate Dt 25:2 (for bastinado). e.g. Deuteronomy 25:2
- e. cast (cedar pillars) into (עַל־) fire Je 22:7; so (c. ב), wicked men ψ 140:11. e.g. Jeremiah 22:7
- f. make sword drop from (מִן) hand Ez 30:22 (fig.), cf. 39:3. e.g. Ezekiel 30:22
- g. cause stone to fall עַל Nu 35:23, flesh ψ 78:28 (בְּקֶרֶב), stars Dn 8:10 (in vision). e.g. Numbers 35:23
- 2. Of causing death בַּחֶרֶב 2 K 19:7 = Is 37:7, Je 19:7; Ez 32:12 (all י׳ subj.), 2 Ch 32:21 (human subj.); בְּיַד 1 S 18:25; + חֲלָלִים Ez 6:4; Pr 7:26; also ψ 106:26; Dn 11:12 = overthrow, bring to destruction, ψ 37:14; 73:18 (c. ל), 106:27. e.g. 2 Kings 19:7
- 3. Especially of casting lot (גּוֹרָל), Is 34:17 (c. לְ for), Ne 10:35 (c. עַל + inf.), 11:1 (c. inf.), 1 Ch 26:14 (c. לְ; so read Kit Hpt cf. 𝔊𝔙 Be Öt), ψ 22:19 (c. עַל), Est 9:24 (c. inf.); abs. Jon 1:7(×2) 1 Ch 24:31; 25:8; 26:13; Est 3:7; + בְּתוֹכֵנוּ Pr 1:14 (i.e. share with us); om. גּוֹרָל 1 S 14:42 (c. בֵּין), Jb 6:27 (c. עַל); hence הִפּ׳ = assign, apportion, by lot, usually c. לְ pers., Jos 13:6; 23:4 (both D), Ez 45:1; 47:22 a + v 22 b (read יַּפִּילוּ 𝔙 𝔗 Hi-Sm Co Berthol), 48:29 (read בְנַחֲלָה for מנ׳, 𝔊 𝔙 Hi-Sm, etc.), ψ 78:55 (cf. Qal 1 end; and בְּ I 7 c). e.g. Isaiah 34:17
- 4. Fig., let drop, cause to fail (cf. Qal 5), Ju 2:19; Est 6:10, + אַ֫רְצָה 1 S 3:19. e.g. Judges 2:19
- 5. Cause deep sleep to fall (עַל־) Gn 2:21 (J), Pr 19:15 (abs.), make countenance fall, look displeased at (ב), Je 3:12, cf. Jb 29:24 (obj. אוֹר פָּנַי); cause terror, etc., to fall (עַל־) Je 15:8. e.g. Genesis 2:21
- 6. Other idioms are: bring to life (proposes drop young) Is 26:19 (fig.); present supplication Je 38:26; 42:9; Dn 9:18, 20 (all c. לִפְנֵי);—on both cf. Qal 6. e.g. Isaiah 26:19
Hithpael
- throw, or prostrate oneself,
- 1. Inf. cstr. הִתְנַפֵּל throw himself upon (על) Gn 43:18 (J; i.e. attack). e.g. Genesis 43:18
- 2. Pf. 1 s. הִתְנַפָּ֑לְתִּי Dt 9:25; Impf. 1 s. וָאֶתְנַפַּל Dt 9:18, 25; Pt. מִתְנַפֵּל Ezr 10:1;—prostrate oneself and lie prostrate, לִפְנֵי י׳.—Piʿlēl. וְנִפְלַּל Ez 28:23, read וְנָפַל Hi-Sm Co Berthol. e.g. Deuteronomy 9:25
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. fall, lie (NH = BH, 𝔗 נְפַל, Syriac ܢܦܰܠ; cf. also Arabic نَفَلَ dedit praedam (NöZMG xl (1886), 725 Frä 153 f.), Min. נפל remove Hom Südar. Chrest. 128);—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נָפַל
- (b. h.) to fall, lie down; to be dropped; to occur. Sabb. XVI, 2 נָפְלָה דליקה if a conflagration takes place. Pes. II, 3, v. מַפּוֹלֶת. Y. Sot. VII, 21ᵈ top (ref. to יקים, Deut. XXVII, 26) וכי יש תורה נוֹפֶלֶת is there a falling law (to need erection)? Ned. 65ᵇ כל הנוֹפֵל אינו נופל לידי וכ׳ he who falls (becomes poor) does not immediately fall into the hands of (become dependent on) the charities (but his friends support him for a time). B. Kam. IX, 11, a. fr. יִפְּלוּ דמיו לנדבה its equivalent must be surrendered as a donation to the Temple. B. Bath. IX, 4 האחין … שנ׳ אחד מהן לאומנות נ׳ לאמצע if one of two partner brothers (heirs) has been summoned to public service, his salary goes into the common fund. Y. Shek. V, 49ᵇ top בשביל ששמעתי שנפלה לך ירושה וכ׳ since I heard that an inheritance has fallen to thy share at a distant place, take (this as a loan) &c.; a. v. fr.—Imperat. פּוֹל. Tosef. Dem. VI, 4 ופול תחתיי וכ׳ (Var. טול, some ed. עול) and surrender thyself to public service in my place (v. supra). e.g. Deuteronomy 27:26
- to cause to fall; to throw down. Gen. R. s. 26, v. נָפִיל. B. Kam. III, 10 ה׳ את שינו struck out his tooth; Tosef. ib. IX, 23; a. fr.—Esp. to miscarry. Nidd. III, 1 המַפֶּלֶת וכ׳ if a woman loses a lump-shaped embryo; a. fr.
- to prostrate one’s self. Deut. R. s. 2, v. נִיפּוּל.
- (denom. of נִיפּוּל) to fall apart, be spoiled. Tosef. Sabb. VI (VII), 14 שלא תִינָּפֵל הפת, v. צָוַוח.
נְפַל
- Targ. II Sam. I, 4. Targ. Koh. XI, 3 למִנְפַּל; a. v. fr.—Imperat. פִּיל. Targ. Is. L, 11.—Part. נָפֵיל, part. pass. נְפִיל. Targ. Prov. XI, 5 (ed. Wil. נְפַל). Targ. Ps. CXLV, 14; a. e.—Ḥull. 51ᵃ אי נְפוּל לארעא if they were thrown down (violently). Ib.ᵇ, v. נְגִיחוּתָא. Ned. 65ᵇ כל דמעני לאו עלי נפיל not every one that becomes poor, falls on me (for support). B. Mets. 105ᵃ בזרא דנ׳ נ׳ a seed (of weeds) once fallen, has fallen (cannot be destroyed by the plough). Meg. 15ᵇ נַפְלָה ליה מילתא בדעתיה something (a suspicion) had entered his mind; a. fr.
- , as preced. Hif. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 28. Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 22; a. fr.—Ḥull. 42ᵃ top אַפּוּלֵי אפיל (read אַפְּלָא) she may have miscarried. Snh. 109ᵇ ומַפְּלָא ליה and she miscarried through his fault; a. fr.
- to be upset, fall in. M. Kat. 2ᵃ דאתי לאִינְּפוּלֵי a caving in (of the ground through which the water makes a road) might occur; ib.ᵇ; a. e.
נָפִל
- , v. נָפִיל
נֵפֶל
- (preced. wds.)
- 1. capacity for seed, v. נְפִילָה.
- 2. (b. h.) abortion; premature, not viable birth. Tosef. Ohol. XVI, 13; Pes. 9ᵃ, a. e.—Y. Yeb. XI, end, 12ᵇ אינו נ׳ is not considered a non-viable birth (for legal purposes); a. v. fr.—Pl. נְפָלִים. Gen. R. s. 26 (play on הַנְּפִלִים, Gen. VI, 4) שמלאו את העולם נ׳ וכ׳ they filled the world with abortions by their lascivious life. Tosef. l. c.; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 6:4
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Forms in the corpus
The 257 distinct written forms H5307 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 197 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5307, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מפל mappâl H4651 refuse
- מפלה mappâlâh H4654 ruin
- מפלת mappeleth H4658 carcass
- נפיל nᵉphîyl H5303 giants
- נפל nᵉphal H5308 to fall
- נפל nephel H5309 miscarriage
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 369 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 403 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:21
- Exodus 15:16
- Leviticus 9:24
- Numbers 5:21
- Deuteronomy 9:18
- Joshua 2:9
- Judges 2:19
- Ruth 2:10
- 1 Samuel 3:19
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:52
- 2 Kings 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
