נפל

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נָפַל(b. h.) to fall, lie down; to be dropped; to occur. Sabb.XVI, 2 נָפְלָה דליקה if a conflagration takes place. Pes.II, 3, v. מַפּוֹלֶת. Y.Sot.VII, 21d top (ref. to יקים, Deut. 27:26) וכי יש תורה נוֹפֶלֶת is there a falling law (to need erection)? Ned.65b כל הנוֹפֵל אינו נופל לידיוכ׳ he who falls (becomes poor) does not immediately fall into the hands of (become dependent on) the charities (but his friends support him for a time). B. Kam. IX, 11, a. fr. יִפְּלוּ דמיו לנדבה its equivalent must be surrendered as a donation to the Temple. B. Bath.IX, 4 האחין …שנ׳ אחד מהן לאומנות נ׳ לאמצע if one of two partner brothers (heirs) has been summoned to public service, his salary goes into the common fund. Y.Shek.V, 49b top בשביל ששמעתי שנפלה לך ירושהוכ׳ since I heard that an inheritance has fallen to thy share at a distant place, take (this as a loan) ; a. v. fr.Imperat. פּוֹל. Tosef.Dem.VI, 4 ופול תחתייוכ׳ (Var. טול, some ed. עול) and surrender thyself to public service in my place (v. supra). Hif. הִפִּיל to cause to fall; to throw down. Gen. R. s. 26, v. נָפִיל. B. Kam. III, 10 ה׳ את שינו struck out his tooth; Tosef. ib. IX, 23; a. fr.Esp. to miscarry. Nidd.III, 1 המַפֶּלֶתוכ׳ if a woman loses a lump-shaped embryo; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְנַפֵּל to prostrate ones self. Deut. R. s. 2, v. נִיפּוּל. Nif. הִנָּפֵל (denom. of נִיפּוּל) to fall apart, be spoiled. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 14 שלא תִינָּפֵל הפת, v. צָוַוח.

נְפַלch. sam(נפלto fall, lie down; to be dropped; to occur). Targ. 2 Sam. 1:4. Targ. Koh. 11:3 למִנְפַּל a. v. fr.Imperat. פִּיל. Targ. Is. 50:11.Part. נָפֵיל, Part. pass. נְפִיל. Targ. Prov. 11:5 (ed. Wil. נְפַל). Targ. Ps. 145:14; a. e.Ḥull.51a אי נְפוּל לארעא if they were thrown down (violently). Ib. b, v. נְגִיחוּתָא. Ned.65b כל דמעני לאו עלי נפיל not every one that becomes poor, falls on me (for support). B. Mets. 105a בזרא דנ׳ נ׳ a seed (of weeds) once fallen, has fallen (cannot be destroyed by the plough). Meg.15b נַפְלָה ליה מילתא בדעתיה something (a suspicion) had entered his mind; a. fr. Af. אַפֵּיל, as preced. Hif. Targ. Ps. 78:28. Targ. Y. Ex. 21:22; a. fr.Ḥull.42a top אַפּוּלֵי אפיל (read אַפְּלָא) she may have miscarried. Snh.109b ומַפְּלָא ליה and she miscarried through his fault; a. fr. Ithpe. אִינְּפִיל to be upset, fall in. M. Kat. 2a דאתי לאִינְּפוּלֵי a caving in (of the ground through which the water makes a road) might occur; ib. b; a. e.

נָפִלpl. נְפִלִים, v. נָפִיל.

נֵפֶל, נֵי׳m. (preced. wds.) 1) capacity for seed, v. נְפִילָה 2) (b. h.) abortion; premature, not viable birth. Tosef.Ohol.XVI, 13; Pes.9a, a. e.Y.Yeb.XI, end, 12b אינו נ׳ is not considered a non-viable birth (for legal purposes); a. v. fr.Pl. נְפָלִים. Gen. R. s. 26 (play on הַנְּפִלִים, Gen. 6:4) שמלאו את העולם נ׳וכ׳ they filled the world with abortions by their lascivious life. Tosef. l. c.; a. fr.