šāfēl שָׁפֵל ‘to abase’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

šāfēl v
1) to be or become low, sink, be humbled, be abased
 1a) (Qal) to be or become low
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to lay or bring low, humiliate
  1b2) to set in a lower place, show abasement
  1b3) to make low, sit down