H8219 H8219
The Shephelah — the low-lying foothill region between the Judean highlands and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
A geographical term designating the Shephelah, the belt of rolling foothills stretching between the central Judean mountain ridge and the Philistine coastal plain. Nearly every occurrence carries the definite article, marking it as a well-known topographic zone rather than a generic description. Biblical writers consistently distinguish the Shephelah from the hill country (הָהָר), the Negev, and the Arabah, treating it as its own ecological and military zone — famous for its sycamore forests (1 Kgs 10:27) and contested border towns. English versions vary between transliterating 'Shephelah' and rendering 'lowland,' but the word denotes a specific region, not merely low elevation.
Senses
1. lowland / Shephelah region — The Shephelah foothill region west of Judah's central ridge, consistently distinguished in geographic lists from the hill country, the Negev, and the Arabah (Deut 1:7; Josh 9:1; 10:40). Spanish renders 'llanura' or 'Sefela,' French 'bas-pays' or 'Shephelah,' confirming translators treat it as a proper geographic zone. The region was known for sycamore groves (1 Kgs 10:27) and served as a strategic buffer against coastal powers. 20×
amh["እና-ሸፈላ"]·AR["السَّهْلِ","الْ-شَفيلةَ","في-الشَّفيلةِ","فِي-السَّهلِ","فِي-السَّهْلِ","و-السهل","وَ-السَّهلَ","وَ-السَّهْلِ","وَ-بِـ-السَّهْلِ","وَ-سَهْلَهُ","وَ-في-السَّهلِ","وَ-في-السَّهْلِ","وَ-في-الْ-شَفيلةِ","وَالسَّهْلُ"]·ben["-নিম্নভূমি","-নিম্নভূমিতে","-নিম্নভূমির","-নীচুভূমিতে","আর-নিম্নভূমিতে","এবং-তার-নিম্নভূমি","এবং-নিম্নভূমি","এবং-নিম্নভূমিতে","এবং-নিম্নভূমিতে-","এবং-শেফেলায়","এবং-সমভূমি","ও-নিম্নভূমিতে","নীচভূমিতে","নীচুভূমিতে","সমতলে","সেই-নিম্নভূমি"]·ces["a-Nížina"]·dan["og-lavlandet"]·DE["[בשפלה]","[השפלה]","[ובשפלה]","[והשפלה]","der-lowland","in-der-Shephelah","in-der-lowland","und-der-Shephelah","und-der-lowland","und-die-Schefela","und-in-der-lowland","und-sein-lowland"]·ell["και-η-Πεδιάδα"]·EN["and-in-the-lowland","and-its-lowland","and-the-Shephelah","and-the-lowland","in-the-Shephelah","in-the-lowland","the-lowland"]·FR["bas-pays","dans-le-Shephelah","dans-le-plaine","et-bas-pays","et-dans-le-lowland","et-dans-le-plaine","et-la-plaine","et-le-Shéphélah","et-le-plaine","et-son-plaine","la-plaine","le-plaine"]·guj["અને--ને-નીચાણ"]·hat["e-la-plèn"]·hau["da-Shefela"]·heb["ב-ה-שפלה","ב-שפלה","בַּ-שְּׁפֵלָה","ה-שפלה","ו-ב-ה-שפלה","ו-ב-שפלה","ו-ה-שפלה","ו-שפלתו","והשפלה"]·HI["-में-निचले-देश","और-तराई-उसकी","और-तराई-में","और-निचला-प्रदेश","और-नीचली-भूमि","और-नीचले-भूमि-में","और-नीची-भूमि-में।","और-नीचे-की-भूमि-में","और-शफेला","और-शफेला-में","तराई","तराई-में","नीची-भूमि-में","नीचे-की-भूमि-के","नीचे-भूमि","में-नीचे-भूमि"]·hun["és-az-Alföld"]·ID["Di-dataran-rendah","dan-dataran-rendah","dan-dataran-rendahnya","dan-di-dataran-rendah","dataran-rendah","di-dataran-rendah"]·IT["[והשפלה]","bassopiano","e-bassopiano","e-il-Shephelah","e-il-lowland","e-in-il-lowland","e-la-pianura","e-suo-lowland","il-lowland","in-il-Shephelah","in-il-lowland","la-pianura"]·jav["dataran-andhap","dataran-ngandhap","ing-dataran","ing-dataran-andhap","ing-lebak","lan-dataran-andhap","lan-dataran-andhap-ipun","lan-dataran-ngandhap","lan-ing-dataran","lan-ing-dataran-andhap","lan-ngare","lan-wonten-ing-dataran-andhap","ngandhap","wonten-ing-lembah"]·JA["そして低地-が"]·KO["-에-저지대에","그-평지-에서","그-평지를","그-평지와","그-평지의","그리고-그-셰폐라가","그리고-그것의-평지를","그리고-에-그-평지","그리고-에-평지에","그리고-저지대-에","그리고-평지가","그리고-평지에","그리고-평지와","에-저지대","에-평지에","에서-그-평지","평지의"]·mar["आणि-सपाटप्रदेशाचे"]·mya["နှင့်-နိမ့်ခြေ"]·nld["en-de-Laagvlakte"]·nor["og-lavlandet"]·pnb["تے-نیویں-زمیناں"]·pol["i-Szefelę"]·PT["Na-planície","a-Shefelah","a-planície","e-a-Shefelah","e-a-planície","e-na-planície","e-sua-planície","na-planície"]·ron["și-Șefela"]·RU["В-низменности","в-низине","в-низменности","и-Низменность","и-в-низине","и-в-низменности","и-на-низменности","и-низменность","и-низменность-его","низменности","низменность"]·ES["En-la-llanura","en-la-Sefela","en-la-Sefelá","la-llanura","la-llanura-baja","la-tierra-baja","y-en-la-Sefelá","y-en-la-llanura","y-en-la-llanura-baja","y-en-la-tierra-baja","y-la-Sefela","y-la-Shefelah","y-la-llanura","y-su-llanura-baja"]·SW["bondeni","ha-tambarare","katika-Shefela","katika-nchi-tambarare","katika-tambarare","kumweka","na-Shefela","na-bondeni","na-ha-tambarare","na-katika-ha-tambarare","na-katika-tambarare","na-nchi-tambarare","na-tambarare","na-tambarare-yake","nchi-tambarare","tambarare"]·swe["och-Låglandet"]·tam["-மற்றும்-சமவெளியின்-மக்கள்"]·tel["మరియు-షెఫేలా"]·tgl["at-ang-kapatagan"]·TH["และ-ที่ราบลุ่ม"]·TR["-de-ova","ova","ovada","ovalarda","ovanın-o","ovaykının","ovayı","ve-de-şefela","ve-ova'da","ve-ova-","ve-ovada","ve-ovalarda","ve-ovasını","ve-ovayı","ve-Şefela","ve-Şefela'da-","şefelada"]·ukr["-і-Шефела"]·urd["اور-میدان","اور-نشیب","اور-نشیب-اُس-کا","اور-نشیب-میں","اور-نشیب-والے","اور-نشیبی-علاقے-میں","میدان-میں","نشیب-میں","نشیب-میں-ہیں","نشیب-کی","نشیب-کے","نشیبی-زمین-میں","نشیبی-علاقے","نشیبی-علاقے-میں"]·VI["và-Sê-phê-la"]·yor["àti-àwọn-pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀"]·yue["同埋高原"]·ZH["-和低地"]
Deut 1:7, Josh 9:1, Josh 10:40, Josh 11:2, Josh 11:16, Josh 11:16, Josh 12:8, Josh 15:33, Judg 1:9, 1 Kgs 10:27, 1 Chr 27:28, 2 Chr 1:15 (+8 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁפֵלָה n.f. lowland;—always abs. שׁ׳ c. art., except sf. שְׁפֵלָתֹה Jos 11:16;—lowland: 1. usually term. techn. of strip W. of Judaean mts. (on exact limits v. GASmGeogr. 201 ff.; Expos. Dec. 1896, 404 f. BuhlGeogr. 104 DrHast.DB iii. 892 f.): almost always disting. from הָהָר and הַנֶּגֶב, sometimes from הָעֲרָבָה, in Dt 1:7; Jos 9:1 (RD) also from חוֹף הַיָּם, cf. Jos 10:40; 12:8 (both RD),…