Qal₃₆₆ Perfect ׳נ Judges 5:27 +, 3 feminine singular נָָֽפְלָה Genesis 15:12 +, etc.; Imperfect יִמֹּל 1 Samuel 14:45 +, וַיִּמֹּל Judges 4:16 +; 1 singular אֶמֹּל 1 Chronicles 21:13 (needless change from 1 plural נִמְּלָה "" 2 Samuel 24:14 We Dr); 3 masculine plural יִמְּלוּ Hosea 7:16 +, יִמֹּ֑לוּ Isaiah 3:25 +, 3 feminine plural תִּמֹּ֫לְנָה 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 +; לִנְמֹּל 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 ᵐ5 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 עַלמַּֿח 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; עַלמָּֿנָיו אַ֫רְצָה ׳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 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 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), מֶּרֶץ Isaiah 30:13; towes 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 עַלמֶּֿה 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 ᵐ5 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 ᵐ5 Ry Wild (עַל); compare Hiph`il 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`il 3.

2. a. Especially of violent death (c. 96 t.), Judges 5:27 (3 t. in verse) (+ שָׁדוּד), 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 14:13; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Kings 22:20 2Chronicles 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; מְּגָרִים ׳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. (c. 30 t.); 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) וַיִּמֹּל מְלֹאֿ קוֺמָתוֺ 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 ׳י2Chronicles 20:18; אֶלמָּֿנָיו אַ֫רְצָה ׳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 עַלמָּֿנָיו ׳נ, before man 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 18:7,39; Ruth 2:10, before ׳י Genesis 17:3,17 6t. 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; לְאַמָּיו אַ֫רְצָה 1 Samuel 20:41, לְאַמֵּי דָוִד עַלמָּֿנֶיהָ 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), עַלמְּֿנֵי אָבִיו 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. v.1 Chronicles 12:19; v.1 Chronicles 12:20; v.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); וַיִּמְּלוּ בְעֵינֵיהֶם) 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`il Isaiah 26:19); = be offered, of supplication (׳לִפְנֵי י) Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 42:2 (compare Hiph`il 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; עַלמָּֿנֶיךָ), 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 Toy^Hpt); נֹפֵל אַ֫רְצָה מֵת Judges 3:25; compare Judges 4:22 (omit ארצה); אַ֫רְצָה ׳מְּגָרִים נ2Chronicles 20:24; compare also Ezekiel 32:22,23,24 (strike out in Ezekiel 32:22 Hi Co Berthol, in Ezekiel 32:23 Toy^Hpt).

Hiph`il Perfect הִמִּיל 1 Samuel 3:19 +; 2 masculine singular suffix הִמַּלְתָּם Psalm 73:18; 3plural הִמִּילוּ Judges 2:19 +; 1 plural הִמַּלְנוּ Nehemiah 10:35, etc.; Imperfect יַמִּיל Exodus 21:27, וַיַּמֵּל Genesis 2:21 +, suffix יַמִּלֵם Psalm 140:11; 3masculine plural יַמִּילוּ 2 Kings 3:25; Psalm 22:19, יַמִּיל֑וּן Job 29:24, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַמִּלֶהָ Joshua 13:6; masculine plural הַמִּילוּ 1 Samuel 14:42; Infinitive construct לְהַמִּיל 1 Samuel 18:25 +; לַנְמִּל Numbers 5:22 read לִנְמֹּל (Di Ol^{§ 78 c} Sta^{§ 114 a, 2} Kö^{i. 309} Ges^{§ 66}, 2 R 1); Participle מַמִּיל 2 Kings 6:5 2t., plural מַמִּילִים 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 (c. infinitive), 1 Chronicles 26:14 (with לְ; so read Kit^Hpt compare ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Be Öttli), Psalm 22:19 (with עַל), Esther 9:24 (c. 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 ׳הִמּ = assign, apportion, by lot, usually with לְ person, Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:4 (both D), Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 47:22 a = Ezekiel 47:22 b (read יַמִּילוּ ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Hi-Sm Co Berthol), Ezekiel 48:29 (read בְנַחֲלָה for ׳מנ ᵐ5 ᵑ9 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 אוֺר מָּנַי); 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.

Hithpa`el throw, or prostrate oneself,

1 Infinitive construct הִתְנַמֵּל throw himself upon (על) Genesis 43:18 (J; i.e. attack).

2 Perfect1singular הִתְנַמָּ֑לְתִּי Deuteronomy 9:25; Imperfect1singular וָאֶתְנַמַּל Deuteronomy 9:18,25; Participle מִתְנַמֵּל Ezra 10:1; — prostrate oneself and lie prostrate, ׳לִפְנֵי י. —

Pil`el. וְנִפְלַל Ezekiel 28:23, read וְנָפַל Hi-Sm Co Berthol.

נְפַל verb fall (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Daniel 2:46; נְפַ֑ל Daniel 4:28; 3masculine plural נְפַ֫לוּ Daniel 3:23 + Daniel 7:20 Kt (Qr 3 feminine plural נְפַ֫לָה, K^{§ 23, 2}); Imperfect3masculine singular יִמֵּל (K^{§ 42}) Daniel 3:6 +; 2 masculine plural תִּמְּלוּן Daniel 3:5,15; Participle plural נָֽפְלִין Daniel 3:7 —

1 fall, עַלאַֿנְמּוֺהִי Daniel 2:46; fall down and do homage Daniel 3:5,6,7,10,11,15; ל location Daniel 3:23; of voice, מִןשְֿׁמַיָּא Daniel 4:28.

2 fall by violence Daniel 7:20 (with קֳדָם).

3 יִמֵּל לָךְ Ezra 7:20 it shall fall to thee (thou shalt need) to give (compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, Schulth^{Lex. 126 and ZAW xxii (1902), 163}).