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šāfāl שָׁפָל ‘low’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāfēl שָׁפֵל ‘to abase’
Roots: שׁפל

šāfāl adj
1) low, humble
 1a) low (in height)
 1b) low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit)
 1c) humiliated
 1d) lowly (as subst)

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 14:37, 13:21, 13:26, 13:20 2 Samuel 6:22 Isaiah 57:15 Ezekiel 21:31, 17:6, 17:24, 29:14, 17:14, 29:15 Malachi 2:9 Psalms 138:6 Proverbs 29:23, 16:19 Job 5:11 Ecclesiastes 12:4

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