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Psalms 63:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 Because כי

H2896 is better טוב

H2617 thy lovingkindness חסדך

H2416 thee while I live מחיים

H8193 my lips שׂפתי

H7623 shall praise ישׁבחונך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 Because

thy

H2617 lovingkindness

H2896 better

than

H4480 life

H8193 lips

shall

H7623 praise

thee

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