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Psalms 140:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7218 As for the head ראשׁ

H4524 of those that compass me about מסבי

H5999 let the mischief עמל

H8193 of their own lips שׂפתימו

H3680 cover יכסומו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

for

the

H7218 head

those

that

compass

H4524 about

let

the

H5999 mischief

their

own

H8193 lips

H3680 cover

them

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