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Proverbs 5:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8104 That thou mayest regard לשׁמר

H4209 discretion מזמות

H1847 knowledge ודעת

H8193 and that thy lips שׂפתיך

H5341 may keep ינצרו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

That

thou

mayest

H8104 regard

H4209 discretion

and

that

thy

H8193 lips

may

H5341 keep

H1847 knowledge

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