נֶפֶל nephel

Meaning

something fallen, i.e. an abortion

In the King James Version: untimely birth.

Derivation: or נֵפֶל; from H5307 (נָפַל);

Where it is used

• Job 3:16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
• Psalms 58:8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.