שָׁפָל
sha.phal
“low”
Definition
depressed, literally or figuratively
from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);
- low, humble 1a) low (in height) 1b) low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit) 1c) humiliated 1d) lowly (as subst)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
שָׁפָל appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
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For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:“I dwell in a high and holy place,and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,to restore the spirit of the lowlyand revive the heart of the contrite.
But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
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