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title: שֵׁפֶל — low estate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁפֶל (8216), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: low estate. BDB 1906: low estate, condition. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁפֶל

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«שֵׁפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **low estate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8216 · **BDB:** שֵׁ֫פֶל

### Glosses

our.low (1); place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

low estate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8216/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

low estate, condition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8216/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] low estate, condition;—abs. שׁ׳ Ec 10:6 (opp. מְרוֹמִים); sf. שִׁפְלֵנוּ ψ 136:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁפֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8216/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 136:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.23/)

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שֶׁ֭בְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑נוּ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* who in our.low condition he.remembered (to) us (dm) \[is\] forever loyalty his.covenant

*JPS 1917:* Who remembered us in our low estate, for His mercy endureth for ever;

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[Ecclesiastes 10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.6/)

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נִתַּ֣ן הַסֶּ֔כֶל בַּמְּרוֹמִ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים בַּשֵּׁ֥פֶל יֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.is.put (the) folly in.(the) high places many and rich.\[people\] in the.low place they.sit

*JPS 1917:* Folly is set on great heights, and the rich sit in low place.

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