fallen

«fallen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past participle of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); adjective (fallen leaves, a fallen tree)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fallen is the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup has fallen. tree →

2) As an adjective, it describes something that has dropped to the ground, like fallen leaves or a fallen tree. tree →

3) It can describe soldiers who died in a war: the fallen. tree →

4) Fallen in love means having come to love someone deeply. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Said of a face for sadness, and of hair that has dropped out. In the Prophets it also means killed or brought down, as fallen heroes and the day-star fallen from heaven. Interpretation: Fallen hair is part of the laws of skin disease, where a bald person is still ruled clean. David's lament "How are the mighty fallen" is read as grief for Saul and Jonathan. Isaiah's fallen day-star is read as a picture of a proud king brought low. In the primary lessons: In stories it tells the reader something already dropped or happened before now. In science, «the temperature has fallen» means it went down; in maths and graphs «prices have fallen» means the number got smaller. In safety: a fallen power line or fallen tree is dangerous. Phrases: has fallen, had fallen, fallen asleep, fallen over, fallen in love.

examples

• And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? (Torah GEN.4.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! (Prophets 2SA.1.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! (Prophets 2SA.1.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! (Prophets ISA.14.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• The apple has fallen from the tree. tree →
• We jumped in the pile of fallen leaves. tree →
• The baby had fallen asleep in the car. tree →
• A fallen tree blocked the road after the storm. tree →
• The temperature has fallen below zero. tree →
• Never touch a fallen power line. tree →
• My tooth has fallen out! tree →
• He has fallen over twice on the ice. tree →
• 'I have fallen in love with a beautiful deer!' tree →

note

Do not mix fell and fallen: «It fell» (past simple) but «It has fallen» (needs has/have/had). «Fallen» is never used alone as the past: not «It fallen». Do not confuse with «felled», which means cut down (a tree). In maths, «fallen by 5» means decreased by 5.

In the corpora

• And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
• And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
• And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Get thee up; wherefore, now, art thou fallen upon thy face?
• How are the mighty fallen!
• How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fallen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.