Jastrow: מַפּוֹלֶת

מַפּוֹלֶת, מַפֹּלֶת f. (נָפַל) 1) dropping, throwing seed. Arakh. 25ᵃ כור זרע … במ׳ יד we assess the value of a field by the quantity of seed … which it takes when strewing with the hand, opp. to מ׳ שוורים strewing from a perforated bag or wagon drawn by oxen; B. Mets. 105ᵇ; a. e.—Y. Ber. III, 6ᶜ bot. במפלת יד with one and the same throw. —2) falling in, debris. Ber. 3ᵃ, sq. you must not enter a ruined building for prayer מפני המ׳ because it may fall in. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᵈ top מצילין … מיד המ׳ we must save (on the Sabbath) … persons buried under debris. Pes. II, 3 חמץ שנפלה עליו מ׳ leavened matter covered with debris; a. fr. —3) (= מַפָּלָה) downfall. Y. Ber. V, beg. 8ᵈ במ׳ של מחריביו חתם Jeremiah closed with prophesying the downfall of the destroyers of the Temple; (Midr. Till. to Ps. IV במַפַּלְתָּן).