"נפל" meaning in Hebrew

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Verb

IPA: /naˈfal/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-נפל.wav
Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|fut=ייפול|futdwv=יִפֹּל|imp=נפול|impdwv=נְפֹל|inf=ליפול|infdwv=לִפֹּל|passp=נָפוּל|tr=nafál|wv=נָפַל}} נָפַל • (nafál) (pa'al construction, infinitive ליפול / לִפֹּל, future ייפול / יִפֹּל, imperative נפול / נְפֹל, passive participle נָפוּל) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|נפל|elide=-}} Forms: נָפַל [canonical], nafál [romanization], ליפול [infinitive], לִפֹּל [infinitive], ייפול [future], יִפֹּל [future], נפול [imperative], נְפֹל [imperative], נָפוּל [participle, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], נָפַלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], נָפַלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], נָפַלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], נָפַלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], נְפַלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], נְפַלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], נָפַל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], נָפְלָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], נָפְלוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], נוֹפֵל [masculine, present, singular], נוֹפֶלֶת [feminine, present, singular], נוֹפְלִים [masculine, plural, present], נוֹפְלוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אפול [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], אֶפֹּל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], ניפול [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], נִפֹּל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תיפול [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּפֹּל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תיפלי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּפְּלִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תיפלו [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּפְּלוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תיפולנה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], תִּפֹּלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], ייפול [future, masculine, singular, third-person], יִפֹּל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תיפול [feminine, future, singular, third-person], תִּפֹּל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], ייפלו [future, masculine, plural, third-person], יִפְּלוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תיפולנה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], תִּפֹּלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], נפול [imperative, masculine, singular], נְפֹל [imperative, masculine, singular], נִפְלִי [feminine, imperative, singular], נִפְלוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], נפולנה [feminine, imperative, plural], נְפֹלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. To fall: to be pulled downward by gravity. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-qB7XjpZ2
  2. To fall: to decline sharply. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-fycOcwTg
  3. (flowery) (constructed with מ־) To be less the someone or something else. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-Y2Kv~spP Topics: flowery, lifestyle
  4. To be dropped Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-xIsp6aFV
  5. (computing and electronics) To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working. Tags: construction-pa'al Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics
  6. To occur, to fall (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date. Tags: construction-pa'al Synonyms (to occur): חָל (khál)
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-qiP7cZ2K Disambiguation of 'to occur': 1 2 1 2 2 54 5 23 1 3 2 1 1 2 1
  7. To fall (into a category or a domain), to come under, to be included. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-NIeesrwb Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 1 1 1 1 7 2 15 27 1 1 2 2 1 8 2
  8. (slang) (constructed with על־) To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly. Tags: construction-pa'al, slang
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-v1-fYh-q Categories (other): Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־פ־ל Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 1 1 1 1 7 2 15 27 1 1 2 2 1 8 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 2 1 13 6 18 29 1 2 6 4 2 9 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 3 2 2 2 12 8 16 24 1 2 8 6 3 8 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 3 2 2 2 12 7 16 25 1 2 8 6 3 8 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־פ־ל: 5 4 10 5 6 8 8 14 4 4 8 7 7 5 6
  9. (slang)
    (by extension of physically falling) To fall, to die especially in battle.
    Tags: broadly, construction-pa'al, slang
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-ch6ECUFU
  10. To fall, to suffer defeat, ruin or distraction. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-rJVGC232
  11. (biblical) To reside, to dwell, to settle. Tags: construction-pa'al Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-vi-K07qF Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  12. (biblical) To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force). Tags: construction-pa'al Categories (topical): Bible Synonyms (to attack): הִתְקִיף (hitkíf)
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-HmwpYR1d Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'to attack': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 13 0 0
  13. To be captured (in a trap or an ambush, etc.) Tags: construction-pa'al Synonyms (to be captured): נִלְכַּד, נִתְפַּס
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-TdMdC0~C Disambiguation of 'to be captured': 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 2 1 43 34 2
  14. To be seized by force or stratagem, to be captured, to fall into the hand of others. Tags: construction-pa'al Synonyms (to be seized): נִכְבַּשׁ
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-0-Ohjg7A Disambiguation of 'to be seized': 1 1 1 2 5 2 13 23 0 2 3 2 2 41 2
  15. To be decided. Tags: construction-pa'al Synonyms (to be decided): הוחלט (hukhlát), הֻחְלַט (hukhlát)
    Sense id: en-נפל-he-verb-w7VF1Xd9 Disambiguation of 'to be decided': 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: נָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב (nafál ləmishkáv)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nafál ləmishkáv",
      "word": "נָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "נָפַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafál",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ליפול",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִפֹּל",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפול",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפֹּל",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפול",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹל",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפוּל",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפַלְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפַלְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפְלָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפְלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפֶלֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפְלִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפְלוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפלי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפְּלִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפלו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפְּלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפלו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפְּלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפְלִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפְלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "ייפול",
        "futdwv": "יִפֹּל",
        "imp": "נפול",
        "impdwv": "נְפֹל",
        "inf": "ליפול",
        "infdwv": "לִפֹּל",
        "passp": "נָפוּל",
        "tr": "nafál",
        "wv": "נָפַל"
      },
      "expansion": "נָפַל • (nafál) (pa'al construction, infinitive ליפול / לִפֹּל, future ייפול / יִפֹּל, imperative נפול / נְפֹל, passive participle נָפוּל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "נפל",
        "elide": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2607#ז_טז|7:16]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "בּוֹר כָּרָה וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל בְּשַׁחַת יִפְעָל׃",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Judges [[s:he:T0705#ה_כז|5:27]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפַל שָׁכָב בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפָל בַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַע שָׁם נָפַל שָׁדוּד׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall: to be pulled downward by gravity."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-qB7XjpZ2",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After the attack in the World Trade Center, the values of many stock fell suddenly.",
          "text": "לאחר הפיגוע במרכז הסחר העולמי, ערכי מניות רבות נפלו בפתאומיות.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall: to decline sharply."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-fycOcwTg",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(constructed with מ־) To be less the someone or something else."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-Y2Kv~spP",
      "links": [
        [
          "מ־",
          "מ־#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(flowery) (constructed with מ־) To be less the someone or something else."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "flowery",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The activity was dropped from the agenda after it became clear that it may endanger human life.",
          "text": "הפעילות נפלה מסדר היום לאחר שהתברר כי היא עלולה לסכן חיי אדם.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be dropped"
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-xIsp6aFV",
      "links": [
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "he:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Electronics",
          "orig": "he:Electronics",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Following a power failure, the traffic lights system stopped working.",
          "text": "בעקבות הפסקת החשמל, מערכת הרמזורים נפלה.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The software crashed while executing a big operation.",
          "text": "התוכנה נפלה במהלך ביצוע פעולה גדולה.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-fY7sNoO7",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "crash",
          "crash"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing and electronics) To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "computing",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yom Kippur falls on a Saturday this year.",
          "text": "יום הכיפורים נופל השנה ביום שבת.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To occur, to fall (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-qiP7cZ2K",
      "links": [
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 2 2 54 5 23 1 3 2 1 1 2 1",
          "roman": "khál",
          "sense": "to occur",
          "word": "חָל"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 1 1 1 7 2 15 27 1 1 2 2 1 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"It seems to me that the matter falls in the area of your expertise, you could help?\"",
          "text": "נדמה לי שהעניין נופל בתחום המומחיות שלך, תוכלי לעזור?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall (into a category or a domain), to come under, to be included."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-NIeesrwb",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "come under",
          "come under"
        ],
        [
          "included",
          "included"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 1 1 1 7 2 15 27 1 1 2 2 1 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 2 1 13 6 18 29 1 2 6 4 2 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 2 2 12 8 16 24 1 2 8 6 3 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 2 2 12 7 16 25 1 2 8 6 3 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 10 5 6 8 8 14 4 4 8 7 7 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־פ־ל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was sure that the test will go easily, but I fell on a hindering tester.",
          "text": "הייתי בטוח שהטסט ילך לי בקלות, אבל נפלתי על בוחן מכשיל.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To my surprise, I happened upon a silent and even shy taxi driver.",
          "text": "לתדהמתי, נפלתי על נהג מונית שקט ואפילו ביישן.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(constructed with על־) To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-v1-fYh-q",
      "links": [
        [
          "על־",
          "על#Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "happen upon",
          "happen on"
        ],
        [
          "stumble upon",
          "stumble upon"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) (constructed with על־) To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Leave him, what did he do that you ... on him all of you?",
          "text": "תעזבו אותו, מה הוא עשה שנפלתם עליו כולכם?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.",
          "ref": "Tanach, 1 Samuel [[s:he:T08a04#ד_י|4:10]], with translation of the English Standard Version:",
          "text": "וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּנֻסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו וַתְּהִי הַמַּכָּה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וַיִּפֹּל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רַגְלִי׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall, to die especially in battle."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-ch6ECUFU",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang)",
        "(by extension of physically falling) To fall, to die especially in battle."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of physically falling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "construction-pa'al",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!’ ”",
          "ref": "Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1021#כא_ט|21:9]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "וְהִנֵּה־זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ שִׁבַּר לָאָרֶץ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Amos [[s:he:T1505#ה_ב|5:2]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "text": "נָפְלָה לֹא־תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל נִטְּשָׁה עַל־אַדְמָתָהּ אֵין מְקִימָהּ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall, to suffer defeat, ruin or distraction."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-rJVGC232",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "distraction",
          "distraction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "he:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0125#כה_יח|25:18]], with translation of the English Standard Version:",
          "text": "וַיִּשְׁכְּנוּ מֵחֲוִילָה עַד־שׁוּר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה אַשּׁוּרָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו נָפָל׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reside, to dwell, to settle."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-vi-K07qF",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ],
        [
          "dwell",
          "dwell"
        ],
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) To reside, to dwell, to settle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "he:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,",
          "ref": "Tanach, Joshua [[s:he:T0611#יא_ז|11:7]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה עִמּוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם עַל־מֵי מֵרוֹם פִּתְאֹם וַיִּפְּלוּ בָּהֶם׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force)."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-HmwpYR1d",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 13 0 0",
          "roman": "hitkíf",
          "sense": "to attack",
          "word": "הִתְקִיף"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the War of Independence protectors of some communities were captured, they were forced to surrender to the enemy.",
          "text": "במלחמת העצמאות נפלו בשבי מגניהם של יישובים אחדים, שנאלצו להיכנע לאויב.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be captured (in a trap or an ambush, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-TdMdC0~C",
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 2 1 43 34 2",
          "sense": "to be captured",
          "word": "נִלְכַּד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 3 1 2 4 4 0 1 2 1 43 34 2",
          "sense": "to be captured",
          "word": "נִתְפַּס"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The outpost fell into enemy hands.",
          "text": "המוצב נפל לידי האויב.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be seized by force or stratagem, to be captured, to fall into the hand of others."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-0-Ohjg7A",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 5 2 13 23 0 2 3 2 2 41 2",
          "sense": "to be seized",
          "word": "נִכְבַּשׁ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The choice between the two participants was decided.",
          "text": "ההכרעה בין שני המשתתפים נפלה.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be decided."
      ],
      "id": "en-נפל-he-verb-w7VF1Xd9",
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 81",
          "roman": "hukhlát",
          "sense": "to be decided",
          "word": "הוחלט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 81",
          "roman": "hukhlát",
          "sense": "to be decided",
          "word": "הֻחְלַט"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈfal/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-נפל.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "נפל"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־פ־ל",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nafál ləmishkáv",
      "word": "נָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "נָפַל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nafál",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ליפול",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִפֹּל",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפול",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפֹּל",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפול",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹל",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפוּל",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַלְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפַלְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפַלְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפַל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפְלָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָפְלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפֶלֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפְלִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נוֹפְלוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפלי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפְּלִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפלו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפְּלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ייפלו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִפְּלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תיפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּפֹּלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפול",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפְלִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִפְלוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נפולנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְפֹלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "ייפול",
        "futdwv": "יִפֹּל",
        "imp": "נפול",
        "impdwv": "נְפֹל",
        "inf": "ליפול",
        "infdwv": "לִפֹּל",
        "passp": "נָפוּל",
        "tr": "nafál",
        "wv": "נָפַל"
      },
      "expansion": "נָפַל • (nafál) (pa'al construction, infinitive ליפול / לִפֹּל, future ייפול / יִפֹּל, imperative נפול / נְפֹל, passive participle נָפוּל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "נפל",
        "elide": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2607#ז_טז|7:16]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "בּוֹר כָּרָה וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל בְּשַׁחַת יִפְעָל׃",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Judges [[s:he:T0705#ה_כז|5:27]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפַל שָׁכָב בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפָל בַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַע שָׁם נָפַל שָׁדוּד׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall: to be pulled downward by gravity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "After the attack in the World Trade Center, the values of many stock fell suddenly.",
          "text": "לאחר הפיגוע במרכז הסחר העולמי, ערכי מניות רבות נפלו בפתאומיות.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall: to decline sharply."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(constructed with מ־) To be less the someone or something else."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "מ־",
          "מ־#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(flowery) (constructed with מ־) To be less the someone or something else."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "flowery",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The activity was dropped from the agenda after it became clear that it may endanger human life.",
          "text": "הפעילות נפלה מסדר היום לאחר שהתברר כי היא עלולה לסכן חיי אדם.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be dropped"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples",
        "he:Computing",
        "he:Electronics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Following a power failure, the traffic lights system stopped working.",
          "text": "בעקבות הפסקת החשמל, מערכת הרמזורים נפלה.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The software crashed while executing a big operation.",
          "text": "התוכנה נפלה במהלך ביצוע פעולה גדולה.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "crash",
          "crash"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing and electronics) To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "computing",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yom Kippur falls on a Saturday this year.",
          "text": "יום הכיפורים נופל השנה ביום שבת.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To occur, to fall (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"It seems to me that the matter falls in the area of your expertise, you could help?\"",
          "text": "נדמה לי שהעניין נופל בתחום המומחיות שלך, תוכלי לעזור?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall (into a category or a domain), to come under, to be included."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "come under",
          "come under"
        ],
        [
          "included",
          "included"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew slang",
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was sure that the test will go easily, but I fell on a hindering tester.",
          "text": "הייתי בטוח שהטסט ילך לי בקלות, אבל נפלתי על בוחן מכשיל.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To my surprise, I happened upon a silent and even shy taxi driver.",
          "text": "לתדהמתי, נפלתי על נהג מונית שקט ואפילו ביישן.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(constructed with על־) To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "על־",
          "על#Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "happen upon",
          "happen on"
        ],
        [
          "stumble upon",
          "stumble upon"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) (constructed with על־) To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew slang",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Leave him, what did he do that you ... on him all of you?",
          "text": "תעזבו אותו, מה הוא עשה שנפלתם עליו כולכם?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.",
          "ref": "Tanach, 1 Samuel [[s:he:T08a04#ד_י|4:10]], with translation of the English Standard Version:",
          "text": "וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּנֻסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו וַתְּהִי הַמַּכָּה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וַיִּפֹּל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רַגְלִי׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall, to die especially in battle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang)",
        "(by extension of physically falling) To fall, to die especially in battle."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of physically falling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "construction-pa'al",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!’ ”",
          "ref": "Tanach, Isaiah [[s:he:T1021#כא_ט|21:9]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "וְהִנֵּה־זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ שִׁבַּר לָאָרֶץ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Amos [[s:he:T1505#ה_ב|5:2]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "text": "נָפְלָה לֹא־תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל נִטְּשָׁה עַל־אַדְמָתָהּ אֵין מְקִימָהּ׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall, to suffer defeat, ruin or distraction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "distraction",
          "distraction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
        "he:Bible"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0125#כה_יח|25:18]], with translation of the English Standard Version:",
          "text": "וַיִּשְׁכְּנוּ מֵחֲוִילָה עַד־שׁוּר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה אַשּׁוּרָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו נָפָל׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reside, to dwell, to settle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "reside",
          "reside"
        ],
        [
          "dwell",
          "dwell"
        ],
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) To reside, to dwell, to settle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
        "he:Bible"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,",
          "ref": "Tanach, Joshua [[s:he:T0611#יא_ז|11:7]], with translation of the New International Version:",
          "text": "וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה עִמּוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם עַל־מֵי מֵרוֹם פִּתְאֹם וַיִּפְּלוּ בָּהֶם׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the War of Independence protectors of some communities were captured, they were forced to surrender to the enemy.",
          "text": "במלחמת העצמאות נפלו בשבי מגניהם של יישובים אחדים, שנאלצו להיכנע לאויב.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be captured (in a trap or an ambush, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The outpost fell into enemy hands.",
          "text": "המוצב נפל לידי האויב.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be seized by force or stratagem, to be captured, to fall into the hand of others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The choice between the two participants was decided.",
          "text": "ההכרעה בין שני המשתתפים נפלה.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be decided."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/naˈfal/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "khál",
      "sense": "to occur",
      "word": "חָל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hitkíf",
      "sense": "to attack",
      "word": "הִתְקִיף"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be captured",
      "word": "נִלְכַּד"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be captured",
      "word": "נִתְפַּס"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be seized",
      "word": "נִכְבַּשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hukhlát",
      "sense": "to be decided",
      "word": "הוחלט"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hukhlát",
      "sense": "to be decided",
      "word": "הֻחְלַט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נפל"
}

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