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Job 12:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5493 He removeth away מסיר

H8193 the speech שׂפה

H539 of the trusty לנאמנים

H2940 the understanding וטעם

H2205 of the aged זקנים

H3947 יקח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

removeth

H5493 away

the

H8193 speech

the

H539 trusty

and

taketh

H5493 away

the

H2940 understanding

the

H2205 aged

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