שפל I

שָׁפֵלI (b. h.; Shaf. of נ־פל) to be low. Hif. הִשְׁפִּיל to lower, humble. Erub.13b המַשְׁפִּיל עצמו; הקב״ה מַשְׁפִּילו, v. גָּבַהּ; Ned.55a. Pesik. R. s. 10 (ref. to Is. 2:9) אימתי שחו ונִשְׁפָּלוּ … הִשְׁפִּילָםהקב״ה when did they sink and were lowered? When they committed that deed (worshipped the golden calf), the Lord lowered them. Arakh.15b יַשְׁפִּיל דעתו let him humble his mind (think of his shortcomings). M. Kat. 16b (play on ת̇חכ̇מ̇נ̇י̇, 2 Sam. 23:8) הואיל והִשְׁפַּלְתָּ עצמך ת̇ה̇א כ̇מ̇י̇נ̇י̇ because thou didst lower thyself, thou shalt be like myself; a. fr. Nif. נִשְׁפַּל to be lowered. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Hof. הוּשְׁפַּל, הָשְׁפַּל same. Pesik. Ki Thissa, p. 11b> (ref. to Is. 2:9) יודע … והָשְׁפַּלְתִּי אני והםוכ׳ I know that Israel bowed to the golden calf, and I and they have been lowered, but wilt thou not raise (forgive) them?; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 4 והשפלתי אותי and I myself have been lowered; Yalk. Is. 260 והוּשְׁפַּלְתִּי. Tanḥ. l. c. 5 (ref. to Ps. 75:8) בלשון זה הו׳וכ׳ for the word zeh (Ex. 32:24) was he (Aaron) lowered, v. גָּבַהּ; בלשון זה הוּשְׁפָּלוּוכ׳ through zeh (ib. 23) were they lowered, and with zeh (ib. 30:13) have they been raised; Lev. R. s. 8; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּפֵּל, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּפֵּל (to let ones self drop, 1) to be humble, gentle. Ib. s. 19 (ref. to שפלות ידים, Koh. 10:18) ע״י שנִשְׁתַּפְּלוּ ישראל מלחנותוכ׳ because the Israelites were too gentle to encamp (before Sinai) in discord 2) to be lazy, indolent. Ib. ע״י … מִשְׁתַּפֵּל מלקנחוכ׳ (not לקנח) because that man is too careless to wipe his body properly, he gets scabs. Ib. ע״י … מִשְׁתַּפֶּלֶתוכ׳ because that woman is too indolent to examine her body properly ; a. e.