שָׁפָל shâphâl — depressed, literally or figuratively

pronounced shaw-fawl' · Strong's H8217 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as base, humble, low(-er, -ly).

from H8213; depressed, literally or figuratively.

shâphâl in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 2

שְׁפַל Prov 16:19 Infinitive construct

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (KJV)

בִּשְׁפַ֖ל Eccl 12:4 Infinitive construct

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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