Word

מַפֶּלֶת

mappeleth · H4658 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

carcass, dead body

Literally: what has fallen; hence: the body of a dead animal

Examples
Judges 14:8 When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
fallen tree

Remainder of a fallen tree

Examples
Ezekiel 31:13 “All the birds of the sky will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will rest on its fallen branches,
downfall

Literally: fall; hence: process by which an individual or nation loses power, prosperity or status

Examples
Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked increase, wrongdoing increases; But the righteous will see their downfall.
Ezekiel 26:15 The Lord GOD says this to Tyre: “Will the coastlands not shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst?
Ezekiel 26:18 ‘Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your passing.’”

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 5 groups

ךְyour 3
הוּhis 2
אֲרִיlion 1
ךָyour 1
הֶםtheir 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָאָהto see 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 2
בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 2 groups

יוֹםday, time 3
קוֹלvoice, sound 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

πτῶσις ptōsis · G4431 · destruction, a falling: Greek πτῶσις (ptōsis) renders Hebrew מַפֶּלֶת (mappelet) in LXX contexts where both denote physical collapse or downfall, sharing the core semantic range of ruin/fall.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Vegetation001002007: This domain is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which describe a carcass, a downfall, and an overthrow rather than plant life; it may reflect another attested nuance of מַפֶּלֶת's broader semantic range.
Unsafe002003003022: מַפֶּלֶת denotes a downfall or ruin, as with Tyre's downfall that makes the coastlands tremble and the wicked's downfall that the righteous will see.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָפַל nâphal · H5307 · to fall, to sink, to let fall · 434×נְפַל nᵉphal · H5308 · fall, have occasion · 11×מַפֶּלֶתmappeleth · H4658מַפָּלָה mappâlâh · H4654 · ruin · 3×נְפִיל nᵉphîyl · H5303 · giant · 3×נֶפֶל nephel · H5309 · stillborn child · 3×מַפָּל mappâl · H4651 · refuse, chaff, sweepings · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4658. mappeleth מַמֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine carcass, ruin, overthrow; — 1 carcass, of lion,…

H4658. mappeleth
מַמֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine carcass, ruin, overthrow; —
1 carcass, of lion, ׳מ construct Jdg 14:8.
2 elsewhere suffix
a. a ruin, מַמַּלְתּוֺ Eze 31:13 (kg. under figure of tree).
b. overthrow, id. Eze 31:16 (same figurative); מַמַּלְתֶּ֑ךָ (kg.) Eze 32:10; מַמַּלְתֵּךְ of Tyre) Eze 26:15, Eze 26:18; Eze 27:27; מַמַּלְתָּם (of wicked) Pro 29:16.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Vegetation1 occurrence Unsafe6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0