נְפַל
nᵉphal · nef-al'
{to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5307 (נָפַל)
{to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fall (down), have occasion.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְפַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fell2 · 15%
- ye fall down2 · 15%
- falleth2 · 15%
- down2 · 15%
- fell down2 · 15%
- which thou shalt have occasion1 · 8%
- shall fall down1 · 8%
- there fell1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.