STRONGS H8213:
Abbreviations
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שָׁפֵל verb be or
become low, be abased (Late Hebrew, derived species; Assyrian
šapâlu, derived species and derivatives; Sabean
ספל noun
humility or
lowland DHM
xxix (1875), 604; Arabic
,
,
be low (Lag
BN 48); Aramaic
שְׁפַל,
(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.
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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