Lexical Summary saphah: lip, speech, edge Original Word: שָׂפָהTransliteration: saphah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-faw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: lip, speech, edge Meaning: the lip, language, a margin Strong's Concordance band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, Or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination (compare cowph); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) -- band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words. see HEBREW caphah see HEBREW shaphah see HEBREW cowph Brown-Driver-Briggs H8193. saphah שָׂפָה176 noun feminine [masculine Exodus 28:32, edge, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 76], lip, speech, edge; — absolute ׳שׂ Genesis 11:1 +, construct שְׂפַת 11:7 +; suffix שְׂפָתוֺ 1 Kings 7:23 +, etc.; oftener dual שְׂפָתַיִם Isaiah 6:5 +, construct שִׂפְתֵי Psalm 12:4 +; suffix שְׂפָתַי Jeremiah 17:16 +, suffix 3 masculine plural שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 59:13; 140:4; 140:10, etc.; plural (in poetry and late) construct שִׂפְתוֺת Ecclesiastes 10:12, suffix שִׂפְתוֺתֶיךָ etc. Psalm 45:3; 59:8; Isaiah 59:3; Song of Solomon 4:3, 11; 5:13; — 1 lip: a. usually (c. 108 t.) human organ of speech (often "" לָשׁוֺן מֶּה, rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ: 10 t. Job; 25t. Psalms; 45t. Proverbs): (1) Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 5:4 (P), Job 13:6; Malachi 2:6; Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 5:3 +; שׂ ׳דַּל Psalm 141:3 (see דָּל); שׂ ׳אִישׁ Job 11:2 = a talker, שׂ ׳אֱוִיל Proverbs 10:8 +? 10:10 (ᵑ0; but see Toy); שְׂפָתַיִם טְמֵא Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) compare 6:7; Daniel 10:16; שׂ ׳עֲרַל Exodus 6:12, 30 (P; unskilled in speech); שׂ ׳עִקֵּשׁ 19:1; שׂ ׳מֹּתֶה 20:19 see [ מָּתָה] p. 834; שׂ ׳מוֺצָא i.e. utterance, Deuteronomy 23:24; Jeremiah 17:16; Numbers 30:13 (P), Psalm 89:35, שׂ ׳רוּחַ Isaiah 11:4 (of Messianic king), שׂ ׳דְּבַר Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 14:23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5; שׂ ׳תְּבוּאַת Proverbs 18:20, שׂ ׳נוב Isaiah 57:19 (thanksgiving), compare Hosea 14:3 (ᵑ6 ᵐ5 and most מְּדִי for מָּרִים); of flattery, שׂ ׳חֵלֶק Proverbs 7:21, חֲלָקוֺת שְׂפַת Psalm 12:3; 12:4; compare מִרְמָה שִׂפְתֵי 17:1, ׳שׂ שֶׁקֶר 31:9 4t., אָוֶן שְׂפַת Proverbs 17:4; poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן) Psalm 140:4 (figurative); שׂ ׳מֶּשַׁע Proverbs 12:13; שׂ ׳לְזוּת 4:24; ׳שׂ אֱמֶת 12:19, ׳שׂ יָ֑תֶר 17:7, ׳שׂ צֶדֶק 16:13, ׳שׂ דַּעַת 14:7; 20:15; שׂ ׳חֵן 22:11; בְרוּרָה שָׂפָה Zephaniah 3:9; ׳שׂ רְנָנוֺת Psalm 63:5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: שׂ ׳מָּתַח (to speak) Job 11:5; 30:20 (Gi 30:21), compare Psalm 51:17, שׂ ׳מִפְתַּח Proverbs 8:6; שׂ ׳מָּשַׁק 13:3 i.e. prate; ׳שׂ זַעַם מָֽלְאוּ Isaiah 30:27; ׳שׂ subject of דִּבֶּר 59:3; Proverbs 24:2; עַלשֿׂ ׳נָשָׂא Psalm 16:14; שׂ ׳קָרַץ 16:30 = backbite; שׂ ׳אָטַם 17:28 +?שׂ ׳חָשַׂךְ 10:19, ׳שׂ כָּלָא Psalm 40:10. (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ 1 Samuel 1:13, נִיד Job 16:5. (3) transition to meaning speech, לָשׁוֺן עַלשְֿׂפַת עָלָה Ezekiel 36:3; = ability to speak Job 12:20. b. organ of laughter Job 8:21. c. of insulting grimace בְּשׂ ׳הִפְטִיר Psalm 22:8. d. quivering in terror Habakkuk 3:16. e. feature of beauty Song of Solomon 4:3 (scarlet). f. place of bridle 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29 (see מֶתֶג). g. receiving kiss Proverbs 24:26 compare Song of Solomon 4:11 and (in figurative) 7:10. h. of divine speech, שׂ ׳מִצְוַת Job 23:12, שׂ ׳דְּבַר Psalm 17:4. 2 language (see לָשׁוֺן), Genesis 11:1, 6, 7 (twice in verse); 11:9; Psalm 81:6; שׂ עִמְקֵי ׳עַם Ezekiel 3:5-6, Isaiah 33:19, שׂ ׳לַעֲגֵי 28:11; כְּנַעַן שְׂפַת 19:18 (i.e. Hebrew). 3 edge: shore of sea Genesis 22:17 (J) + 7 t.; bank of river 41:3, 17 (E) + 5 t., of wady (נַחַל) Deuteronomy 2:36 7t.; lip (bank) of מְחוֺלָה אָבֵל Judges 7:22 compare GASmG 400; brim of vessel 1 Kings 7:23 (twice in verse) + 7 t.; edge of altar Ezekiel 43:13; of curtains (in pairs) Exodus 26:4 (twice in verse) (P) + 6 t.; of חשֶׁן, toward ephod 28:26 = 39:19 (P); of round opening in robe ׳שׂ לְפִיו (יִהְיֶה) 28:32 = 39:23 (P). |