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The Hebrew word for to fall is
נָפַל

nafál



to fall

Translations for to fall and their definitions

נפל
     1. v. To fall: to be pulled downward by gravity.
     2. v. To fall: to decline sharply.
           לאחר הפיגוע במרכז הסחר העולמי, ערכי מניות רבות נפלו בפתאומיות. - After the attack in the World Trade Centre, the values of many stock fell suddenly.
     3. v. (flowery) qualifier, constructed with מ To be less the someone or something else.
           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.
     4. v. (computing, and, electronics) To crash, to suddenly or expectedly stop working.
           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.
     5. v. 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.
           יום הכיפורים נופל השנה ביום שבת. - Yom Kippur falls on a Saturday this year.
     6. v. To fall (into a category or a domain), to come under, to be included.
           "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?".
     7. v. (slang) qualifier, constructed with ע To happen upon, to stumble upon, to meet someone unexpectedly.
           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?
     8. v. (by extension of physically falling) To fall, to die especially in battle.
     9. v. To fall, to suffer defeat, ruin or distraction.
     10. v. (biblical) To reside, to dwell, to settle.
     11. v. (biblical) To attack, to start a battle (to apply violent force).
     12. v. To be captured (in a trap or an ambush, etc.)
           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
     13. v. To be seized by force or stratagem, to be captured, to fall into the hand of others.
           המוצב נפל לידי האויב. - The outpost fell into enemy hands.
     14. v. To be decided.
           ההכרעה בין שני המשתתפים נפלה. - The choice between the two participants was decided.
           פתאום נפלה עליי עייפות גדולה. - Suddenly great fatigue fell on me.


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