Meaning
Lowland lo'-land (shephelah; compare Arabic sufalat, "the lowest part"): The western part of Palestine, including the maritime plain and the foothills. There has been an attempt to restrict the term to the foothills, at least as far as the more ancient documents are concerned, but there can be little doubt that the maritime plain should be included. the Revised Version (British and American) has "lowland" throughout for shephelah, while the King James Version has "low country" (2Chr 26:10, 2Chr 28:18), "low plains" (1Chr 27:28, 2Chr 9:27), "plain" (Jer 17:26, Obad 1:19, Zech 7:7), "vale" or "valley" (Deut 1:7, Josh 9:1, Josh 10:40).
Alfred Ely Day
