Jastrow: נִיפּוּל

נִיפּוּל, נִפּ׳ m. (נָפַל) 1) falling off, esp. (with ref. to Lev. XI, 32) of a limb detached from the body. Ḥull. 74ᵃ מיתה עושה נ׳ וכ׳ the natural death of an animal causes the hanging limb (דִּלְדּוּל) to be considered as if detached (in life-time, so that it does not come under the law of נְבֵלָה), but slaughtering does not &c. (and the dangling limb is considered as a part of the slaughtered animal. Ib. 129ᵃ אי מיתה עושה נ׳ ליטמא וכ׳ if death causes the limb to be considered as detached, let it be susceptible of uncleanness as a limb cut off from a live animal, and if not &c.; a. fr.—Pl. נִיפּוּלִין. פת נ׳ bread which falls apart, spoiled bread. Tosef. B. Kam. X, 9; B. Kam. 99ᵇ; B. Bath. 93ᵇ. Sifra B’ḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VI פת ניפולה (corr. acc.; Yalk. Lev. 675 נוֹפֶלֶת).—[V. נִיפּוֹלִין.]—2) falling down for prayer. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. (as one of the expressions for prayer, with ref. to Deut. IX, 25); Yalk. ib. 811; Sifré ib. 26.