- נִפְ׳
- נִיפְלָא, נִפְ׳I m. (cmp. נָפִיל) (giant, the constellation of Orion (h. כְּסִיל). Targ. Job 9:9. Ib. 38:31.Pl. נְפִילִין, constr. נְפִילֵי, נִפְלֵי Targ. Is. 13:10 (h. text וכסיליהם).Snh.96b בר נפלי son of giants (?), surname of the Messiah (with allus. to הנפלת, Am. 9:11); Yalk. Am. 549 (some ed. נְפִילֵי).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
