Nafal lemishkav (נפל למשכב) means bedridden in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
נָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב
nafal lemishkav
verb
In English
bedridden
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Nafal lemishkav.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1רותק למיטתו עקב מחלה.
The word Nafal lemishkav is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- נָפַל לְמִשְׁכָּב
- Written without vowel points
- נפל למשכב
- Said
- nafal lemishkav
- Root
- נ־פ־ל
- Plural
- נָפְלוּ לְמִשְׁכָּב
- Feminine form
- נָפְלָה לְמִשְׁכָּב
- Inflections
- נ' נָפְלָה לְמִשְׁכָּב, ר' נָפְלוּ לְמִשְׁכָּב
- Gematria
- 552
This is how Nafal lemishkav is said in other languages.
- English
- bedridden
- Russian
- заболеть
These words mean the opposite of Nafal lemishkav.
- הבריא
- החלים
- שב לאיתנו
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The word Nafal lemishkav comes from the root נ־פ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Nafal lemishkav in the dictionary.
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What does Nafal lemishkav (נפל למשכב) mean in Hebrew?
Nafal lemishkav (נפל למשכב) means bedridden. It is said nafal lemishkav, with the stress on fal.
What is the opposite of Nafal lemishkav (נפל למשכב)?
Words that mean the opposite of Nafal lemishkav (נפל למשכב) are הבריא, החלים, and שב לאיתנו.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נפל למשכב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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