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šiflūt שִׁפְלוּת ‘idleness’ (Hebrew)

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

šiflūt n, f
1) sinking, idleness, inactivity

Mentioned in Ecclesiastes 10:18

2014 — 2024 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
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