וַֽ/יִּפְּל֖וּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤐𐤋𐤅

vayipelu

and they fell

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); 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 פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.

H5307

2 Samuel 2:16 · Word #8

Lexicon H5307

Lemmaנָפַל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤐𐤋
Transliterationnâphal
Strong'sH5307
In-contextand they fell

Morphology HC/Vqw3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H5307-67

and they fell down

Morphological NotesVerb, Qal stem, wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3rd masculine plural; narrative past sequence introduced by conjunction וַ־ ("and").
Rendering RationaleThe root נפל carries the core sense of falling or collapsing downward. In the Qal wayyiqtol 3rd masculine plural form, it narrates a completed past action performed by a masculine plural subject, hence "and they fell down," preserving both the simple active stem and the masculine plural form.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root נפל (falling, descending, collapsing, being cast down, perishing)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5307-01 apil I will cause to fall
H4658-01 bemapaletam in their fall
H5307-02 binefol in falling

Word Usage (435 occurrences of H5307)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:21 וַ/יַּפֵּל֩ vayapel and he caused to fall
Genesis 4:5 וַֽ/יִּפְּל֖וּ vayipelu fell
Genesis 4:6 נָפְל֥וּ nafelu has fallen