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Genesis 11:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 was ויהי

H3605 And the whole כל

H776 earth הארץ

H8193 language שׂפה

H259 of one אחת

H1697 speech ודברים

H259 and of one אחדים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H3605 whole

H776 earth

H1961 was

H259 one

H8193 language

and

H259 one

H1697 speech

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8193

Hebrew: שָׂפָה

Transliteration: sâphâh

Pronunciation: saw-faw'

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: {band} {bank} {binding} {border} {brim} {brink} {edge} {language} {lip} {prating} ([sea-]) {shore} {side} {speech} {talk} [vain] words.

Definition:

Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a {vessel} {water} {cloth} etc.)

1. lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding

a. lip (as body part)

b. language

c. edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906