נָפַל (nāpal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning fall. It appears
435 times
in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5307).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1392)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1392)fall, lie; Fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before, fall upon, desert, fall away to, go over to, lie prostrate; cause to fall, overthrow, casting, let drop, cause to fail, cause; throw, prostrate oneself; be accepted, cease, die…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָפַלverb: fall, lie
Qal
1.fall, by accident
2.
b.figuratively = go to ruin, perish
c.figuratively = experience calamity
d.fall, of a city
3.
a.Fall prostrate
b.fall = prostrate oneself before
c.fall upon, in embrace
4.
a.Fall upon = attack
b.desert or fall away to, go over to
5.Fig., of deep sleep
6.Other idiomatic uses
7.lie; = lie prostrate
Hiphil
1.cause to fall
2.Of causing death; = overthrow, bring to destruction
3.casting
4.Fig., let drop, cause to fail
5.cause deep sleep to fall
6.Other idioms
Hithpaelthrow, or prostrate oneself
Strong's H5307נָפַל: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) KJV: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.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.