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Proverbs 14:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6310 In the mouth בפי

H191 of the foolish אויל

H2415 is a rod חטר

H1346 of pride גאוה

H8193 but the lips ושׂפתי

H2450 of the wise חכמים

H8104 shall preserve תשׁמורם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

the

H6310 mouth

the

H191 foolish

H2415 rod

H1346 pride

but

the

H8193 lips

the

H2450 wise

shall

H8104 preserve

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