H8217

שָׁפָל

sha.phalH:A

low

1) low, humble 1a) low (in height) 1b) low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit) 1c) humiliated 1d) lowly (as subst)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שָׁפָל adjective low; — absolute ׳שׁ 2Sam 6:22 +, construct שְׁפַל Ps 29:23 +; feminine singular שְׁפָלָה Ezek 17:14 +, construct שִׁפְלַת vEzek 17:6 plural שְׁפָלִים Job 5:11 —

1. low, in height, of vine Ezek 17:6, tree vEzek 17:24 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ); מִןהָֿעוֺר ׳שׁ Lev 13:20 lower (deeper) than the skin (around it), so vLev 13:21 vLev 13:26, compare Lev 14:37.

2. of a modest, unambitious kingdom Ezek 17:14; Ezek 29:14; Ezek 29:15 low in station Job 5:11 (opposed to שָֽׂגְבוּ), Ezek 21:31 (Ges^{«GKC:90f»§ 90f}.; read הַשְּׁפָלָה֣).

3. humiliated, בְּעֵינָ֑י ׳שׁ 2Sam 6:22 plural Mal 2:9 (|| נִבְזִים).

4. lowly, as substantive Ps 138:6 (opposed to גָּבֹהַּ), רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים Isa 57:15 (|| נִדְכָּ אִים); שְׁפַל רוּחַ vIsa 57:15, Prov 29:23 (opposed to גַּאֲוַת אָדָם), + Prov 16:19 Thes and others (but see checkQal 2).

13 occurrences

Leviticus (4), II Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (4), Malachi (1)