הַנֹּפֵ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַנֹּפֵ֖ל

   ha-no-FEL

   the one who falls
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל

   ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL

   for if falls the one who falls
3. clause🔊 וְלֹא־תָשִׂ֤ים דָּמִים֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU

   and you shall not place the guilt of blood in your house for if falls the one who falls from it
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־תִבְנֶ֥ה בַּ֖יִת חָדָ֑שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ וְלֹא־תָשִׂ֤ים דָּמִים֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   ki-tiv-NEH BA-yit kha-DASH ve-a-SI-ta ma-a-KEH le-ga-GEKHA ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU

   When you build a house new then you shall make a parapet for your roof and you shall not place the guilt of blood in your house for if falls the one who falls from it

Exegesis

The causal clause kiyipol hanofel mimmennu {כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ | kî-yip̄pōl hannōp̄ēl mimmennû} combines the conjunction kî-yipol ‘for if falls’, the participle hanofel ‘the falling one’, and the preposition mimmennu ‘from it’, indicating consequence. The English so-that…if… construction mirrors the Hebrew purpose-result and conditional syntax, preserving legal force and temporal nuance.