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Zephaniah 3:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H227 then אז

H2015 will I turn אהפך

H413 to אל

H5971 the people עמים

H8193 language שׂפה

H1305 a pure ברורה

H7121 call לקרא

H3605 that they may all כלם

H8034 upon the name בשׁם

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H5647 serve לעבדו

H7926 consent שׁכם

H259 him with one אחד׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H227 then

will

H2015 turn

H413 to

the

H5971 people

H1305 pure

H8193 language

that

they

may

H3605 all

H7121 call

upon

the

H8034 name

the

H3068 LORD

H413 to

H5647 serve

him

with

H259 one

H7926 consent

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