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נָפַל

na.phalto fall: fallHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb434 occurrences33 books403 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Traditional renderings: 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 H6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָפַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

434 total
  1. Ezekiel 39:23וַיִּפְּל֥וּ · fell
    And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
  2. Ezekiel 43:3וָאֶפֹּ֖ל · I fell
    The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
  3. Ezekiel 44:4וָאֶפֹּ֖ל · and I fell
    Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
  4. Ezekiel 45:1וּבְהַפִּֽילְכֶ֨ם · by lot
    “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
  5. Ezekiel 47:14וְנָ֨פְלָ֜ה · will fall
    You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
  6. Ezekiel 47:22תַּפִּ֣לוּ · You shall allot; יִפְּל֣וּ · they shall be allotted
    You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  7. Ezekiel 48:29תַּפִּ֥ילוּ · you are to allot
    This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.
  8. Daniel 8:10וַתַּפֵּ֥ל · and it cast down
    It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
  9. Daniel 8:17וָאֶפְּלָ֖ה · and fell
    As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
  10. Daniel 9:18מַפִּילִ֤ים · presenting
    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  11. Daniel 9:20וּמַפִּ֣יל · and presenting
    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
  12. Daniel 10:7נָפְלָ֣ה · fell
    Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
  13. Daniel 11:12וְהִפִּ֛יל · and will cast down
    When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.
  14. Daniel 11:19וְנָפַ֖ל · and fall
    After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
  15. Daniel 11:26וְנָפְל֖וּ · will fall
    Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
  16. Hosea 7:7נָפָ֔לוּ · fall
    All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
  17. Hosea 7:16יִפְּל֥וּ · will fall
    They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
  18. Hosea 10:8נִפְל֥וּ · Fall
    The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
  19. Hosea 13:16יִפֹּ֔לוּ · They will fall
    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  20. Joel 2:8יִפֹּ֖לוּ · They burst through
    They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
  21. Amos 3:5הֲתִפֹּ֤ל · land
    Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
  22. Amos 3:14וְנָפְל֖וּ · and they will fall
    On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
  23. Amos 5:2נָֽפְלָה֙ · Fallen is
    “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
  24. Amos 7:17יִפֹּ֔לוּ · will fall
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  25. Amos 8:14וְנָפְל֖וּ · they will fall
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
  26. Amos 9:9יִפּ֥וֹל · will reach
    “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
  27. Amos 9:11הַנֹּפֶ֑לֶת · the fallen
    “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
  28. Jonah 1:7וְנַפִּ֣ילָה · Let us cast; וַיַּפִּ֙לוּ֙ · So they cast; וַיִּפֹּ֥ל · fell
    “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
  29. Micah 7:8נָפַ֖לְתִּי · I have fallen
    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  30. Nahum 3:12וְנָפְל֖וּ · they fall
    All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
  31. Zechariah 11:2נָ֣פַל · has fallen
    Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!