שְׁפֵלָה
shᵉphêlâh · shef-ay-law'
Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8213 (שָׁפֵל);
Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁפֵלָה 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and in the valley3 · 15%
- and in the valleys2 · 10%
- and the valley2 · 10%
- that are in the vale2 · 10%
- and in the vale1 · 5%
- and of the vale1 · 5%
- that were in the low plains1 · 5%
- that are in the low plains1 · 5%
- both in the low country1 · 5%
- of the low country1 · 5%
- and from the plain1 · 5%
- of the valley1 · 5%
- of the vale1 · 5%
- and they of the plain1 · 5%
- and the plain1 · 5%
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.