נָבֵל

vb. sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade (NH id.; Assyrian nabâlu, destroy, DlHWB 443 f. Arabic نَبَلَ v, viii. die; Aramaic נְבֵילָא corpse);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ Is 40:7, 8 Je 8:13; 3 fs. נָֽבְלָה Is 24:4(×2); Impf. 3 ms. יִבּוֹל ψ 1:3 + 4 times (on form cf. Ges§ 47 h Ol§ § 911 e, 912.2), 2 ms. תִּכֹּל Ex 18:18; 3 mpl. יִבֹּלוּ 2 S 22:46 = ψ 18:46, יִבּוֹל֑וּן ψ 37:2; 1 pl. וַנָּ֫בֶל Is 64:5 (on form cf. Di and Ol§ 236 e); Inf. abs. נָבֹל Ex 18:18; cstr. נְבֹל Is 34:4; Pt. נֹבֵל Is 28:1, 4; f. נֹבֶ֫לֶת abs. Is 34:4; cstr. Is 1:30;— sink or drop down, from exhaustion נָבֹל תִּבֹּל Ex 18:18 (Moses and Isr.); from discouragement 2 S 22:46 = ψ 18:46 (of foreigners, foes of Isr.); of mt. הַר־נֹפֵל יִבּוֹל Jb 14:18 (but נָפוֹל יִפּוֹל Lag Proph. Chald. Siegf Baer, after 𝔊, so Bu [or יִבְלֶה]; Du נָבוֹל יִבּוֹל). usually droop like a leaf, or flower wither and fall, fade: כְּאֵלָה נֹבֶ֫לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ Is 1:30 like an oak falling as to its leaves (sim. of people of Jerus.); the host of heaven יִבּוֹל כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה מִגֶּפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה Is 34:4; לֹא יִבּ׳ עָלֵהוּ Ez 47:12 (trees in Ezek.’s vision), so fig. of good man ψ 1:3; of Isr. Je 8:13, וַ֫נָּבֶל כֶּעָלֶה Is 64:5; also נָבֵל צִיץ 40:7, 8 (both ‖ יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר), צִיץ נֹבֵל 28:1, cf. v 4; of wicked כְּיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּ׳ ψ 37:2 (‖ כֶּחָצִיר יִמָּ֑לוּ); of devastated earth אָֽבְלָה נָֽבְלָה הָאָרֶץ אֻמְלְלָה נָֽבְלָה תֵּבֵ֑ל Is 24:4.