Lexical Definition

‎שָׁפָל‎ shâphâl (shaw-fawl') low ^H:A
from ‎שָׁפֵל‎

base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).

• depressed, literally or figuratively

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

See Greek: ἀποῤῥίπτω · ἀσθενής · ἀχρεῖος · ταπεινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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).

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