# \*šVpVl-: 'be low'

> Proto-Semitic *šVpVl-, 'be low': reflexes in 12 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šVpVl- |
| Meaning | 'be low' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| 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.

## Notes

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

## Linked from

- [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>)

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