הפיל

הפיל

Hebrew

Root
נ־פ־ל‎

Verb

הִפִּיל • (hipíl) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הופל \\ הֻפַּל‎)

1. to drop (something)
2. to throw (something), to throw (something) down
3. to thwart, impede, obstruct
4. to destroy, bring down
5. to defeat
6. to shoot down (such as an idea or suggestion)
7. to miscarry, abort
8. to knock over, make fall, bring down
9. (colloquial) to impose upon someone

Usage notes

• When someone has accidentally dropped something by losing his or her grip on it, it is more common to use נָפַל לְ־‎ (nafál l'-, “to fall to/at”) rather than הִפִּיל (hipíl). In that case, the subject denotes the dropped item, and is usually postponed:

  ‏נפל לי העיפרון.‎‎ ― nafál lí ha'iparón. ― I dropped the pencil; [literally] Fell to-me the-pencil.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִפִּיל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לְהַפִּיל‎ action noun: הַפָּלָה‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	הִפַּלְתִּי‎		הִפַּלְנוּ‎
	second	הִפַּלְתָּ‎	הִפַּלְתְּ‎	הִפַּלְתֶּם‎	הִפַּלְתֶּן‎
	third	הִפִּיל	הִפִּילָה‎	הִפִּילוּ‎
present		מַפִּיל‎	מַפִּילָה‎	מַפִּילִים‎	מַפִּילוֹת‎
future	first	אַפִּיל‎		נַפִּיל‎
	second	תַּפִּיל‎	תַּפִּילִי‎	תַּפִּילוּ‎	תַּפֵּלְנָה‎1
	third	יַפִּיל‎	תַּפִּיל‎	יַפִּילוּ‎	תַּפֵּלְנָה‎1
imperative		הַפֵּל‎	הַפִּילִי‎	הַפִּילוּ‎	הַפֵּלְנָה‎1
notes		Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.