*šVpVl-: 'be low'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	šāpēl (HALOT 1631)	HALOT 1631	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	šᵉpal, šᵉpil; af. (HALOT 1631; DJPA 564a apud CAL)	HALOT 1631; DJPA 564a; CAL	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	špal (SEDRA 3290)	SEDRA 3290	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	špl (DULAT 823)	DULAT 823	gloss withheld
Akkadian	šapālu(m) (HALOT 1631; AHw 1169); šaplu(m) (HALOT 1632)	HALOT 1631; AHw 1169; HALOT 1632	gloss withheld
Arabic	safala, safila (HALOT 1631); suflī (HALOT 1632)	HALOT 1631; HALOT 1632	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab s1fl (HALOT 1631; Sabaweb lemmas 1708, 4995); Qat. s1flm (Ricks 1982 s.v. s1flm)	HALOT 1631; Sabaweb lemmas 1708, 4995; Ricks 1982 s.v. s1flm	gloss withheld
Tigre	(?) šaffala, mašfāl (HALOT 1631)	HALOT 1631	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	šəpal (HALOT 1632)	HALOT 1632	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	si-bí-lum /šiplum/ (VE 781, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681 apud SEDonline 160), /Sipl/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 258)	VE 781, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681; SEDonline 160; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 258	gloss withheld
Amorite	Sapl (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 258)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 258	gloss withheld
Aramaic	yhšpl (DNWSI 1183)	DNWSI 1183	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

HALOT 1631: Semitic, except for Eth. The verb behind 2017 *ša/ipūl- 'lower parts of body' and Heb. šᵉpēlā 'Shephelah, lowland' (HALOT 1633).

Updated 22 October 2026