שֶׁפֶלshephel

low estate, condition (Ecclesiastes 10:6; Psalms 136:33)

Pronunciation: shay'-fel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8216

Same root

שָׁפֵלshâphêl · H8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
שִׁפְלָהshiphlâh · H8218depression

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Psalms 136:23 He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
Ecclesiastes 10:6 when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).