הפלה

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

Root
נ־פ־ל (n-p-l)
10 terms

Action noun of the verb הִפִּיל (hipíl), from the root נ־פ־ל (n-p-l).

Noun

הַפָּלָה • (hapalá) f [pattern: הַקְטָלָה]

  1. (literally) The act of dropping something or causing it to fall.
  2. A miscarriage or abortion: the premature termination of a pregnancy.

Etymology 2

Root
פ־ל־ה (p-l-h)
2 terms

Verb

הִפְלָה • (hiflá) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הופלה / הֻפְלָה)

  1. discriminated
    • Tanach, Exodus 9:4, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
      וְהִפְלָה יהוה בֵּין מִקְנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵין מִקְנֵה מִצְרָיִם; וְלֹא יָמוּת מִכָּל־לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דָּבָר.
      v'hiflá YHVH bén mikné yisra'él uvén mikné mitsráyim; v'ló yamút mikól-livné yisra'él davár.
      But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.
Conjugation
Conjugation of הִפְלָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהַפְלוֹת
action noun הַפְלָיָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הִפְלֵיתִי הִפְלֵינוּ
second הִפְלֵיתָ הִפְלֵית הִפְלֵיתֶם הִפְלֵיתֶן
third הִפְלָה הִפְלְתָה הִפְלוּ
present מַפְלֶה מַפְלָה מַפְלִים מַפְלוֹת
future first אַפְלֶה נַפְלֶה
second תַּפְלֶה תַּפְלִי תַּפְלוּ תַּפְלֶינָה1
third יַפְלֶה תַּפְלֶה יַפְלוּ תַּפְלֶינָה1
imperative הַפְלֵה הַפְלִי הַפְלוּ הַפְלֶינָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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