King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H8213
Transliteration: shaphel
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fale')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be or become low, to be abased
Meaning: to be or become low, to be abased
Word Summary
shaphel: to be or become low, to be abased
Original Word: שָׁפֵלTransliteration: shaphel
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-fale')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be or become low, to be abased
Meaning: to be or become low, to be abased
Strong's Concordance
abase, bring cast, put down, debase, humble self, be bring, lay, make, A primitive root; to depress or sink (expec. Figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive) -- abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8213. shaphel
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 , , be low (LagBN 48); Aramaic שְׁפַל, (derived species)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Isaiah 2:11; 2feminine singular וְשָׁפַלְתְּ 29:4, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁמַּל 2:9; 5:15; 3feminine plural תִּשְׁמַּלְנָה 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 40:4 (opposed to נִשָּׂא), of כָּלנִֿשָּׂא 2:12 (but read, for נִשְׂגָּב ׳שׁ, [Kohler], or גָּבֹהַּ [Lag], so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti); figurative be humiliated, of man 2:9; 5:15, his loftiness 2:17, haughty eyes 2:11 (all "" שָׁחַח), 5:15; of city 32:19; as helping verb (= adverb) תְּדַבֵּ֑רִי ׳וְשׁ מֵאֶרֶץ 29:4 thou shalt speak low out of the ground (Ges§ 120g; "" אִמְרָתֵךְ תִּשַׁח מֵעָפָר).
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`il Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁמִּיל Isaiah 25:12, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁמִּיל Psalm 75:8, suffix יַשְׁמִּילָהּ יַשְׁמִּילֶנָּה Isaiah 26:5 (but 2nd verb probably doublet), etc.; Imperative masculine plural (suffix) (הוּׅ הַשְׁמִּילֵ Job 40:11; Jeremiah 13:18; Infinitive construct suffix הַשְׁמִּילְךָ Proverbs 25:7 (Ezekiel 21:31 read absolute הַשְׁמֵּיל, "" הַגְבֵּהַּ, so Co Krae Ges§ 113bb R. 3); Participle מַשְׁמִּיל 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 147:6; מַשְׁמִּילִי (Ges§ 90l) 113:6; —
1 usually figurative, ׳י subject, lay low, tree Ezekiel 17:24 (opposed to הִגְבַּהְתִּי); city Isaiah 26:5 ("" הֵשַׁח); fortress 25:12 (+ הֵשַׁח; Du thinks doublet of 26:5); humiliate pride 26:11; 13:11, compare Job 40:11; object רָמוֺת עֵינַיִם Psalm 18:28, so read also "" 2 Samuel 22:28, אַףמְֿרוֺמֵם׳מַשׁ׳י 1 Samuel 2:7, רְשָׁעִים Psalm 147:6; יַשׁ ׳זֶה יָרִים וְזֶה 75:8, compare Ezekiel 21:31.
2 hum. subject set one in a lower place Proverbs 25:7; subject hum. pride 29:23; declar. Isaiah 57:9 thou didst shew abasement עַדשְֿׁאוֺל.
3 as helping verb: + verb coordinate, ׳הַשׁ שֵׁ֑בוּ Jeremiah 13:18 make low, sit down = take a low seat (Ges§ 120g); + infinitive ׳מַשׁ לִרְאוֺת Psalm 113:6 he who maketh low to look upon heaven and earth (i.e. ׳י; "" לָשָׁ֑בֶת הַמַּגְבִּיתִי 113:5; Ges§ 114m). — גֵּוָה֑ וַתּאֹמֶר הִשְׁמִּילוּ Job 22:29 is dubious; "" יוֺשִׁעַ favours אֱלוֺהַּ as subject, which Bu conjecture For ׳וַתּאֹ, read then ׳א הִשְׁמִּיל, 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).
[שְׁפֵל] verb be low (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Haph`el bring low, humble: Perfect2masculine singular לִבְבָח הַשְׁמֵּלְתְּ Daniel 5:22 thou hast not humbled thine heart; Imperfect3masculine singular יְהַשְׁמִּ֑ל 7:24, Infinitive לְהַשְׁמָּלָה 4:34, Participle מַשְׁמִּ֑ל 5:19, all with accusative of person bring low, put down.