Lexicon
שִׁפְלָה
shiph.lah
H8218
H:N-F Hebrew

humiliation

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shiph.lah denotes the lowly humiliation in which a city is brought down.

The attested use denotes the humiliation accompanying a city's being brought low in Isaiah 32:19.

Senses in use

  1. Humiliation in being brought low · dominant

    In Isaiah 32:19, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about the city being brought low; the APB renders the outcome as the city being brought low “in humiliation.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 32:19, the APB presents the city's lowering with the phrase “in humiliation.” This rendering confirms the clause's overall outcome rather than isolating the noun independently.

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