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Proverbs 22:11

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Masoretic Text 1524

H157 He that loveth אהב

H2889 טהור

H2890 pureness לב

H2580 for the grace חן

H8193 of his lips שׂפתיו

H7453 shall be his friend רעהו

H4428 the king מלך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

that

H157 loveth

H2890 pureness

H3820 heart

for

the

H2580 grace

his

H8193 lips

the

H4428 king

shall

his

H7453 friend

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