וְנָפַ֥ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְנָפַ֥ל

   ve-na-FAL

   and falls
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנָפַ֥ל לְמִשְׁכָּֽב׃

   ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV

   and falls to bed
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֥א יָמ֖וּת וְנָפַ֥ל לְמִשְׁכָּֽב׃

   ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV

   and not dies and falls to bed
4. sentence🔊 וְכִֽי־יְרִיבֻ֣ן אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְהִכָּה־אִישׁ֙ אֶת־רֵעֵ֔הוּ בְּאֶ֖בֶן א֣וֹ בְאֶגְרֹ֑ף וְלֹ֥א יָמ֖וּת וְנָפַ֥ל לְמִשְׁכָּֽב׃

   ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV

   if quarrel men a man strikes his fellow with a stone or with a fist and not dies and falls to bed

Exegesis

The result clause venafal le-mishkav {וְנָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב | wə-nā-pal lə-miš-kāv} ‘and he falls to bed’ uses a perfect verb + noun idiom to denote incapacitation. The sequential vav forms maintain aspectual flow from condition to outcome.