Shfela (שפלה) means lowland in Hebrew.
It can also mean foothills. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
lowland, foothills
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shfela.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שטח גאוגרפי נמוך מסביבתו בדרך כלל בין הים להרים גבוהים. השתפלות ההרים.
וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת-כׇּל-הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הָהָר וְאֶת-כׇּל-הַנֶּגֶב וְאֵת כָּל-אֶרֶץ הַגֹּשֶׁן וְאֶת-הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְאֶת-הָעֲרָבָה וְאֶת-הַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וּשְׁפֵלָתֹה
- 2חבל ארץ בישראל בין הרי יהודה ושומרון לים התיכון.
...בָּעֲרָבָה בָהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֹף הַיָּם אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַלְּבָנוֹן עַד-הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר-פְּרָת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shfela is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁפֵלָה
- Written without vowel points
- שפלה
- Said
- shfela
- Root
- ש־פ־ל
- Pattern
- קְטֵלָה
- Plural
- שְׁפֵלוֹת שְׁפֵלָתוֹ
- Inflections
- ר' שְׁפֵלוֹת שְׁפֵלָתוֹ
- Gematria
- 415
This is how Shfela is said in other languages.
- English
- lowland, foothills
These words mean nearly the same as Shfela.
- מרגלות ההר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Shfela.
- רמה
- הרMt.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Shfela.
The word Shfela is part of these phrases and sayings.
- ארצות השפלה
- שפלת החוף
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shfela comes from the root ש־פ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Shfela in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shfela.
What does Shfela (שפלה) mean in Hebrew?
Shfela (שפלה) means lowland and foothills. It is said shfela, with the stress on shfe.
What is a synonym for Shfela (שפלה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shfela (שפלה) are מרגלות ההר.
What is the opposite of Shfela (שפלה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Shfela (שפלה) are רמה and הר.
What rhymes with Shfela (שפלה)?
Words that rhyme with Shfela (שפלה) include צלע, סלע, קלע, אלא, מוצרלה, and פומלה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שפלה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.