שְׁפַל
shᵉphal · shef-al'
{to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8213 (שָׁפֵל)
{to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abase, humble, put down, subdue.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁפַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to abase1 · 25%
- he put down1 · 25%
- humbled1 · 25%
- and he shall subdue1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.