שְׁפַל shᵉphal — (Aramaic) corresponding to H8213
Translated in the KJV as abase, humble, put down, subdue.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8213.
shᵉphal in each stem
Haph'el
Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Aph'el
Participle (active) 1
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
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 ›