Lexical Definition

‎נְפַל‎ nᵉphal (nef-al') to fall ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎נָפַל‎

fall (down), have occasion.

• {to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)}

1) to fall
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to fall
1a2) to fall down

See Greek: ἐκτινάσσω · φαίνω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: נָפַל

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְפַל‎ verb fall (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Dan 2:46 ‎נְפַ֑ל‎ Dan 4:28* 3 masculine plural ‎נְפַ֫לוּ‎ Dan 3:23 + Dan 7:20 Kt (Qr 3 feminine plural ‎נְפַ֫לָה‎, K^{§ 23, 2}); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִפֵּל‎ (K^{§ 42}) Dan 3:6 +; 2 masculine plural ‎תִּפְּלוּן‎ Dan 3:5; Dan 3:15 Participle plural ‎נָֽפְלִין‎ Dan 3:7 —

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

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

3. ‎יִפֵּל 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}).

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