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nāfal נָפַל ‘to fall’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

nāfal v
1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to fall
  1a2) to fall (of violent death)
  1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
  1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
  1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
  1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
  1a7) to lie, lie prostrate
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
  1b2) to overthrow
  1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
  1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
  1b5) to cause to fall
 1c) (Hithpael)
  1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
  1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
 1d) (Pilel) to fall

Mentioned in Genesis 46:29, 50:1, 17:17, 15:12, 17:3, 2:21, 25:18, 44:14, 45:14, 50:18, 49:17, 43:18, 4:5, 4:6, 24:64, 14:10, 33:4 Exodus 15:16, 21:18, 21:27, 21:33, 32:28, 19:21 Codex Leviticus 11:32, 26:7, 26:8, 26:36, 9:24, 11:33, 11:35, 11:37, 11:38 Numbers 35:23, 20:6, 14:5, 16:22, 14:43, 5:27, 24:4, 24:16, 14:3, 34:2, 5:21, 5:22, 6:12, 14:29, 17:10, 14:32, 16:4 Deuteronomy 21:1, 22:4, 9:18, 25:2, 9:25, 22:8 Joshua 5:14, 23:14, 2:9, 6:5, 6:20, 8:25, 7:10, 21:45, 23:4, 13:6, 7:6, 17:5, 8:24, 11:7 Judges 2:19, 9:40, 3:25, 19:26, 19:27, 7:13, 4:16, 12:6, 7:12, 18:1, 4:22, 8:10, 20:44, 20:46, 15:18, 16:30, 13:20, 5:27 1 Samuel 31:4, 25:23, 17:49, 25:24, 17:32, 4:10, 29:3, 11:7, 26:20, 14:13, 4:18, 18:25, 26:12, 17:52, 20:41, 31:1, 28:20, 5:4, 14:45, 14:42, 19:24, 5:3, 3:19, 31:8, 31:5 2 Samuel 3:29, 1:27, 17:9, 20:15, 20:8, 2:23, 1:10, 14:22, 24:14, 1:2, 17:12, 11:17, 1:19, 1:25, 2:16, 22:39, 1:4, 3:38, 9:6, 14:4, 21:22, 14:11, 4:4, 3:34, 19:19, 1:12, 21:9 1 Kings 18:38, 18:7, 22:20, 8:56, 20:30, 18:39, 1:52, 20:25 2 Kings 3:19, 3:25, 6:5, 14:10, 2:13, 2:14, 10:10, 1:2, 5:21, 6:6, 7:4, 4:37, 19:7, 25:11 Isaiah 10:34, 31:3, 31:8, 9:7, 26:19, 14:12, 21:9, 3:8, 24:18, 37:7, 16:9, 22:25, 10:4, 54:15, 9:9, 24:20, 26:18, 30:13, 47:11, 30:25, 3:25, 34:17, 13:15, 8:15 Jeremiah 37:20, 25:34, 9:21, 20:4, 36:7, 51:8, 19:7, 37:14, 50:32, 22:7, 46:16, 49:26, 50:30, 46:6, 8:4, 25:27, 37:13, 38:19, 38:26, 42:2, 42:9, 48:44, 51:44, 52:15, 44:12, 3:12, 15:8, 6:15, 8:12, 23:12, 46:12, 49:21, 51:4, 51:47, 51:49, 50:15, 39:9, 39:18, 48:32, 21:9 Ezekiel 47:14, 13:11, 17:21, 39:4, 25:13, 38:20, 6:11, 8:1, 9:8, 11:13, 24:6, 24:21, 30:6, 30:22, 33:27, 39:5, 48:29, 30:17, 23:25, 47:22, 5:12, 13:12, 27:27, 29:5, 3:23, 11:5, 13:14, 30:25, 31:12, 32:24, 43:3, 44:4, 45:1, 6:7, 11:10, 28:23, 35:8, 30:5, 32:23, 32:27, 32:22, 1:28, 39:23, 32:12, 32:20, 30:4, 6:4, 6:12, 39:3, 27:34 Hosea 10:8, 7:7, 14:1, 7:16 Joel 2:8 Amos 3:5, 5:2, 7:17, 8:14, 9:9, 3:14, 9:11 Jonah 1:7 Micah 7:8 Nahum 3:12 Zechariah 11:2 Psalms 37:14, 82:7, 78:55, 36:13, 27:2, 45:6, 55:5, 73:18, 69:10, 91:7, 5:11, 78:64, 20:9, 141:10, 16:6, 106:27, 140:11, 35:8, 106:26, 22:19, 7:16, 118:13, 10:10, 145:14, 37:24, 18:39, 105:38, 57:7, 78:28 Proverbs 26:27, 28:14, 1:14, 28:18, 24:17, 11:14, 13:17, 11:28, 11:5, 28:10, 17:20, 7:26, 22:14, 24:16, 19:15 Job 14:18, 29:24, 31:22, 1:20, 12:3, 4:13, 33:15, 1:16, 1:15, 1:19, 13:2, 6:27, 13:11 Ruth 3:18, 2:10 Lamentations 5:16, 1:7, 2:21 Ecclesiastes 9:12, 4:10, 11:3, 10:8 Esther 9:24, 8:3, 3:7, 6:13, 9:3, 9:2, 6:10, 7:8, 8:17 Daniel 10:7, 8:17, 9:18, 11:26, 9:20, 8:10, 11:19, 11:12 Ezra 10:1 Nehemiah 10:35, 11:1, 6:16 1 Chronicles 24:31, 26:13, 10:4, 12:20, 21:13, 5:10, 10:1, 21:14, 20:8, 12:21, 5:22, 21:16, 10:8, 25:8, 26:14, 10:5 2 Chronicles 29:9, 13:17, 25:19, 18:19, 14:12, 20:24, 15:9, 32:21, 20:18

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