What does שָׁפֵל · רָשָׁע mean in the Bible?
שָׁפֵל · רָשָׁע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive) + morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person".
Hebrew · H8213, H7563
מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים
To depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive) · morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person
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שָׁפֵל H8213 to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive)
רָשָׁע H7563 morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Pronunciation rasha
Active moral corruption: the wicked person who does wrong, not merely passive failure or error
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What does מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים (mashpil resha'im) mean in the Bible?
שָׁפֵל · רָשָׁע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive) + morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8213, H7563?
H8213, H7563 is connected to 292 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive) + morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Source Gloss
to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate , intransitive or transitive) + morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 16
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 11×
Imperfect 2Sam 22:28 · Ps 18:28 · Isa 13:11 · Ps 75:8 4×
Perfect Ezek 17:24 · Isa 25:12 · Job 22:29 3×
Participle active 1Sam 2:7 · Ps 147:6 2×
Infinitive construct Ezek 21:31 1×
Sequential imperfect Jer 13:18 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 5×
Imperfect Isa 10:33 · Isa 40:4 · Isa 5:15 · Isa 32:19 4×
Perfect Isa 2:11 1×
Word Origins
מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain