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šᵊfēlā שְׁפֵלָה ‘lowland’ (Hebrew)

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

šᵊfēlā pr n loc
1) lowland, valley
 1a) lowland
  1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term)
1a1a) the Shephelah
  1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:7 Joshua 9:1, 11:2, 10:40, 12:8, 11:16, 15:33 Judges 1:9 1 Kings 10:27 Jeremiah 33:13, 17:26, 32:44 Obadiah 1:19 Zechariah 7:7 1 Chronicles 27:28 2 Chronicles 1:15, 9:27, 26:10, 28:18

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