H8219

שְׁפֵלָה

she.phe.lahN:N--L

Shephelah

1) lowland, valley 1a) lowland 1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term) 1a1a) the Shephelah 1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שְׁפֵלָה noun feminine lowland; — always absolute ׳שׁ with article, except suffix שְׁפֵלָתֹה Josh 11:16 — lowland:

1. usually technical term of strip west of Judaean mountains (on exact limits see GASm^{Geogr. 201 ff.; Expos. Dec. 1896, 404 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 104} Dr^{Hast. DB iii. 892 f.}): almost always distinguished from הָהָר and הַנֶּגֶב, sometimes from הָעֲרָבָה, in Deut 1:7; Josh 9:1 (R^D), also from חוֺף הַיָּם, compare Josh 10:40; Josh 12:8 (both R^D), Judg 1:9 (perhaps R^D, compare Bu GFM), Josh 15:33 (P), Jer 17:26; Jer 32:44; Jer 33:13; Obad 1:19; Zech 7:7; 2Chr 26:10 (distinguished from הַמִּישׁוֺר, table-land east of Jordan); region of sycomores 1Kgs 10:27 = 2Chr 1:15; 2Chr 9:27; 1Chr 27:28.

2. of lowland (near coast) north of Carmel Josh 11:2 west of mountains of Ephraim vJosh 11:16 (both R^D).

18 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (6), I Kings (1), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (4), Jeremiah (3), Obadiah (1), Zechariah (1)