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Proverbs 26:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3701 with silver כסף

H5509 dross סיגים

H6823 covered מצפה

H5921 על

H2789 are like a potsherd חרשׂ

H8193 lips שׂפתים

H1814 Burning דלקים

H3820 heart ולב

H7451 and a wicked רע׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1814 Burning

H8193 lips

and

H7451 wicked

H3820 heart

are

H2789 potsherd

H6823 covered

with

H3701 silver

H5509 dross

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