שֶׁפֶל
shefel · low place
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8216 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shefel (שֶׁפֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “low place”.
Lowliness, a low condition; being brought down or in the lowest place.
How to say it
she·fel
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The depths, a poor and despised condition.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- humiliation ×1
- low place ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 136:23
who in our humiliation remembered us, for his loyal love is forever.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6
witlessness is set in many heights, and the rich sit in a low place.