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| 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. |
