נֵפֶל

«נֵפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: untimely birth — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 5309 · BDB: נֵ֫פֶל

Glosses

a.miscarriage (2); miscarriage (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

untimely birth tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. miscarriage, abortion tree →

The whole BDB entry

[נֶפֶל] n.m. Jb 3:16 miscarriage, abortion;—נֵ֫פֶל abs. Jb 3:16 (Baer, Ginsb., > van d. H. נֶפֶל), נָ֑פל Ec 6:3; cstr. נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת ψ 58:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Psalms 58:9

כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל־חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Word for word: like a.snail [which].melting.away it.goes a.miscarriage of.a.woman (of).[which].not they.have.seen [the].sun

JPS 1917: Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.

Job 3:16

א֤וֹכְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃

Word for word: or like a.miscarriage hidden not was.I? like children [who].not they.have.seen light

JPS 1917: Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.

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