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Proverbs 10:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8193 The lips שׂפתי

H6662 of the righteous צדיק

H7462 feed ירעו

H7227 many רבים

H191 but fools ואוילים

H2638 for want בחסר

H3820 of wisdom לב

H4191 die ימותו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H8193 lips

the

H6662 righteous

H7462 feed

H7227 many

but

H191 fools

H4191 die

for

H2638 want

H3820 wisdom

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