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Proverbs 8:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H571 truth אמת

H1897 shall speak יהגה

H2441 my mouth חכי

H8441 is an abomination ותועבת

H8193 to my lips שׂפתי

H7562 and wickedness רשׁע׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H2441 mouth

shall

H1897 speak

H571 truth

and

H7562 wickedness

H8441 abomination

H8193 lips

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