to fall on
pa.ga describes striking or falling upon, and also meeting or reaching a person, place, or boundary.
The clearest recurring use concerns forceful contact against a person, including commands to strike or fall upon someone and accounts of death. It also describes meeting or reaching, whether people encounter one another, a traveler comes upon a place, or a territorial boundary reaches named locations.
Senses in use
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strike or fall upon violently · dominant
Qal imperatives direct a person to act against another in 1 Kings 2:29 and 2 Samuel 1:15; in both verses the APB renders the ensuing action "strike him down," followed by death. In 1 Samuel 22:18, the command concerns the priests, and the APB renders the action "fall upon the priests" before reporting that Doeg killed them; Amos 5:19 similarly depicts a bear that "falls upon" a fleeing man.
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meet, come upon, or reach · common
In 1 Samuel 10:5, the Qal sequential perfect occurs as Saul comes to the city and the APB says he will "meet a band of prophets." Genesis 28:11 uses a Qal sequential imperfect when Jacob "came upon the place," while the Qal forms in Joshua boundary descriptions mark where a border "met," "touched," or "reached" named places.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among "strike him down," "fall upon," "met," "came upon," "touched," and "reached" in the relevant clauses. These expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the lemma.