שְׁפֵלָה

שְׁפֵלָה, שְׁפֵי׳f. (b. h.; preced. wds.) lowland. Shebi. IX, 2 וביהודה ההר הש׳וכ׳ in Judæa, (the three districts are) the highland, the lowland, and the valley; ושְׁפֵלַת לוד כשפלת הדרום and the lowland of Lydda is (with reference to Sabbatical year laws) like the lowland of Darom (South). Tosef. ib. VII, 10; Y. ib. IX, 38d bot. שָׁפֵל ושִׁפֵלָתוֹ (not שפלה), v. עֵמֶק. Ib. מאמאוס עד לוד ש׳ from Emmaus to Lydda is the plain (of Judæa). Ib. (סימן) לש׳וכ׳ the presence of sycamores indicates lowland; Pes.53a; a. fr.