Meaning of נפל | Babel Free
/naˈfal/הגדרות
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To fall: to be pulled downward by gravity. construction-pa'al
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To fall: to decline sharply. construction-pa'al
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To be less the someone or something else. construction-pa'al
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To be dropped construction-pa'al
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To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working. construction-pa'al
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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. construction-pa'al
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To fall (into a category or a domain), to come under, to be included. construction-pa'al
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To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly. construction-pa'al, slang
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To fall, to die especially in battle. broadly, construction-pa'al, slang
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To fall, to suffer defeat, ruin or distraction. construction-pa'al
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To reside, to dwell, to settle. construction-pa'al
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To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force). construction-pa'al
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To be captured (in a trap or an ambush, etc.) construction-pa'al
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To be seized by force or stratagem, to be captured, to fall into the hand of others. construction-pa'al
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To be decided. construction-pa'al
שוות ערך
דוגמאות
“בּוֹר כָּרָה וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל בְּשַׁחַת יִפְעָל׃”
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
“בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפַל שָׁכָב בֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ כָּרַע נָפָל בַּאֲשֶׁר כָּרַע שָׁם נָפַל שָׁדוּד׃”
At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell—dead.
“לאחר הפיגוע במרכז הסחר העולמי, ערכי מניות רבות נפלו בפתאומיות.”
After the attack in the World Trade Center, the values of many stock fell suddenly.
“הפעילות נפלה מסדר היום לאחר שהתברר כי היא עלולה לסכן חיי אדם.”
The activity was dropped from the agenda after it became clear that it may endanger human life.
“בעקבות הפסקת החשמל, מערכת הרמזורים נפלה.”
Following a power failure, the traffic lights system stopped working.
“התוכנה נפלה במהלך ביצוע פעולה גדולה.”
The software crashed while executing a big operation.
“יום הכיפורים נופל השנה ביום שבת.”
Yom Kippur falls on a Saturday this year.
“״נדמה לי שהעניין נופל בתחום המומחיות שלך, תוכלי לעזור?״”
"It seems to me that the matter falls in the area of your expertise, you could help?"
“הייתי בטוח שהטסט ילך לי בקלות, אבל נפלתי על בוחן מכשיל.”
I was sure that the test will go easily, but I fell on a hindering tester.
“לתדהמתי, נפלתי על נהג מונית שקט ואפילו ביישן.”
To my surprise, I happened upon a silent and even shy taxi driver.
“״תעזבו אותו, מה הוא עשה שנפלתם עליו כולכם?״”
Leave him, what did he do that you ... on him all of you?
“וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּנֻסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו וַתְּהִי הַמַּכָּה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וַיִּפֹּל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רַגְלִי׃”
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.
“וְהִנֵּה־זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ שִׁבַּר לָאָרֶץ׃”
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!’ ”
“נָפְלָה לֹא־תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל נִטְּשָׁה עַל־אַדְמָתָהּ אֵין מְקִימָהּ׃”
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
“וַיִּשְׁכְּנוּ מֵחֲוִילָה עַד־שׁוּר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם בֹּאֲכָה אַשּׁוּרָה עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־אֶחָיו נָפָל׃”
They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
“וַיָּבֹא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה עִמּוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם עַל־מֵי מֵרוֹם פִּתְאֹם וַיִּפְּלוּ בָּהֶם׃”
So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,
“במלחמת העצמאות נפלו בשבי מגניהם של יישובים אחדים, שנאלצו להיכנע לאויב.”
In the War of Independence protectors of some communities were captured, they were forced to surrender to the enemy.
“המוצב נפל לידי האויב.”
The outpost fell into enemy hands.
“ההכרעה בין שני המשתתפים נפלה.”
The choice between the two participants was decided.
רמת CEFR
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.