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Lexicon :: Strong's H8213 - šāp̄ēl

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שָׁפֵל
Transliteration
šāp̄ēl
Pronunciation
shaw-fale'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2445

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפֵל shâphêl, shaw-fale'; a primitive root; to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive):—abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H8213 in the following manner: ...low (10x), ...down (8x), humble (7x), abase (2x), debase (1x), put lower (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H8213 in the following manner: ...low (10x), ...down (8x), humble (7x), abase (2x), debase (1x), put lower (1x).

  1. to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased

    1. (Qal) to be or become low

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay or bring low, humiliate

      2. to set in a lower place, show abasement

      3. to make low, sit down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפֵל shâphêl, shaw-fale'; a primitive root; to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive):—abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
STRONGS H8213: Abbreviations
† שָׁפֵל verb be or become low, be abased (Late Hebrew, derived species; Assyrian šapâlu, derived species and derivatives; Sabean ספל noun humility or lowland DHMxxix (1875), 604; Arabic bdb105001, bdb105002, bdb105003 be low (LagBN 48); Aramaic שְׁפַל, bdb105004 (derived species)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Isaiah 2:11; 2nd person feminine singular וְשָׁפַלְתְּ Isaiah 29:4, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁפַּל Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁפַּלְנָה Isaiah 5:15, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁפַל Ecclesiastes 12:4; Proverbs 16:19, see below; —
1. all Isaiah: become (be brought, laid) low, of trees Isaiah 10:33 (|| גְּדֻעִים), mountains Isaiah 40:4 (opposed to נִשָּׂא), of כָּלנִֿשָּׂא Isaiah 2:12 (but read, for שׁ׳, נִשְׂגָּב [Kohler], or גָּבֹהַּ [Lag], so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti); figurative be humiliated, of man Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15, his loftiness Isaiah 2:17, haughty eyes Isaiah 2:11 (all || שָׁחַח), Isaiah 5:15; of city Isaiah 32:19; as helping verb (= adverb) מֵאֶרֶץ וְשׁ׳ תְּדַבֵּ֑רִי Isaiah 29:4 thou shalt speak low out of the ground (Ges§ 120g; || מֵעָפָר תִּשַׁח אִמְרָתֵךְ).
2. שְׁפַלרֿוּחַ Proverbs 16:9 to be lowly of spirit, so Buhl SS Toy and others; Thes Rob Ges and others below שָׁפָל.
3. of sound Ecclesiastes 12:4.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁפִּיל Isaiah 25:12, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁפִּיל Psalm 75:8, suffix יַשְׁפִּילָהּ יַשְׁפִּילֶנָּה Isaiah 26:5 (but 2nd verb probably doublet), etc.; Imperative masculine plural (suffix) (הוּ) הַשְׁפִּילֵ Job 40:11; Jeremiah 13:18; Infinitive construct suffix הַשְׁפִּילְךָ Proverbs 25:7 (Ezek 21:31 read absolute הַשְׁפֵּיל, || הַגְבֵּהַּ, so Co Krae Ges§ 113bb R. 3); Participle מַשְׁפִּיל 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 147:6; מַשְׁפִּילִי (Ges§ 90 l) Psalm 113:6; —
1. usually figurative, י׳ subject, lay low, tree Ezekiel 17:24 (opposed to הִגְבַּהְתִּי); city Isaiah 26:5 (|| הֵשַׁח); fortress Isaiah 25:12 (+ הֵשַׁח; Du thinks doublet of Isaiah 26:5); humiliate pride Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 13:11, compare Job 40:11; object עֵינַיִם רָמוֺת Psalm 18:28, so read also || 2 Samuel 22:28, אַףמְֿרוֺמֵם מַשׁ׳ י׳ 1 Samuel 2:7, רְשָׁעִים Psalm 147:6; וְזֶה יָרִים זֶה יַשׁ׳ Psalm 75:8, compare Ezekiel 21:31.
2. human subject set one in a lower place Proverbs 25:7; subject human pride Proverbs 29:23; declar. Isaiah 57:9 thou didst shew abasement עַדשְֿׁאוֺל.
3. as helping verb: + verb coordinate, שֵׁ֑בוּ הַשׁ׳ Jeremiah 13:18 make low, sit down = take a low seat (Ges§ 120 g); + infinitive לִרְאוֺת מַשׁ׳ Psalm 113:6 he who maketh low to look upon heaven and earth (i.e. י׳; || הַמַּגְבִּיתִי לָשָׁ֑בֶת Psalm 113:5; Ges§ 114 m). — גֵּוָה וַתּאֹמֶר הִשְׁפִּילוּ Job 22:29 is dubious; || יוֺשִׁעַ favours אֱלוֺהַּ as subject, which Bu conjecture For וַתּאֹ׳, read then הִשְׁמִּיל, א׳ hath abased pride, so (in part) Du; > they cast (thee) down (RV); men are cast down (הִשׁ׳ intransitive; AV, compare LagBN 121); (thy ways) are brought low (Ew De Di).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8214.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:7; 2:7

2 Samuel

22:28

Job

22:29; 40:11; 40:11

Psalms

18:28; 75:8; 75:8; 113:5; 113:6; 113:6; 147:6; 147:6

Proverbs

16:9; 16:19; 25:7; 25:7; 29:23

Ecclesiastes

12:4; 12:4

Isaiah

2:9; 2:9; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:17; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 10:33; 13:11; 25:12; 25:12; 26:5; 26:5; 26:5; 26:11; 29:4; 29:4; 32:19; 40:4; 57:9

Jeremiah

13:18; 13:18

Ezekiel

17:24; 21:31; 21:31

H8213

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Strong's Number H8213 matches the Hebrew שָׁפֵל (šāp̄ēl),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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