הפיל

Hebrew

Root
נ־פ־ל (n-p-l)

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		Rare in Modern Hebrew.