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Strong's #8217 - שָׁפָל
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- low, humble
- low (in height)
- low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit)
- humiliated
- lowly (as subst)
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2866) lps (סהפל ShPL) AC: Low CO: Lowland AB: ?: Something or someone that is brought down low by someone high or to contrast it with something that is high. [from: lp- coming bowed down to another]
V) lps (סהפל ShPL) - Low: To be low in position or stature. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (33): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) low, down, humble, abase, debase, lower, subdue - Strongs: H8213 (שָׁפֵל), H8214 (שְׁפַל)
Nm) lps (סהפל ShPL) - Low: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (22): low, lower, base, humble, lowly - Strongs: H8215 (שְׁפַל), H8216 (שֵׁפֶל), H8217 (שָׁפָל)
Nf1) elps (סהפלה ShPLH) - Lowland: A low place. KJV (20): valley, vale, plain, low - Strongs: H8219 (שְׁפֵלָה)
Nf3) tflps (סהפלות ShPLWT) - Idleness: In the sense of being low in the activity. KJV (1): idleness - Strongs: H8220 (שִׁפְלוּת)
ef1) elpis (סהיפלה ShYPLH) - Lowland: A low place. KJV (1): low - Strongs: H8218 (שִׁפְלָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 low, in height, of vine Ezekiel 17:6, tree Ezekiel 17:24 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ); מִןהָֿעוֺר׳שׁ Leviticus 13:20 lower (deeper) than the skin (around it), so Leviticus 13:21; Leviticus 13:26, compare Leviticus 14:37.
2 of a modest, unambitious kingdom Ezekiel 17:14; Ezekiel 29:14,15; low in station Job 5:11 (opposed to שָֽׂגְבוּ), Ezekiel 21:31 (Ges§ 90f.; read הַשְּׁפָלָה֣).
3 humiliated, בְּעֵינָ֑י׳שׁ 2 Samuel 6:22; plural Malachi 2:9 ("" נִבְזִים).
4 lowly, as substantive Psalm 138:6 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ), רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים Isaiah 57:15 ("" נִדְכָּ אִים); שְׁפַל רוּחַ Isaiah 57:15, Proverbs 29:23 (opposed to גַּאֲוַת אָדָם), + Proverbs 16:19 Thes and others (but see check Qal 2).
שָׁפָל m. שְׁפָלָח f. adj. low, of a tree, Ezekiel 17:24 depressed (of a spot on the skin), Leviticus 13:20, 21 Leviticus 13:21. Metaph.
(a) ignoble, vile, 2 Samuel 6:22; Job 5:11.
(b) שְׁפַל רוּחַ cast down, humble of spirit, Proverbs 29:23; Isaiah 57:15 and without רוּחַ id.; Isa. loc. cit. הַשָּׁפָ֫לָה that which is low, Ezekiel 21:31 (masc. with ה parag.).