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Proverbs 14:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3605 In all בכל

H6089 labour עצב

H1961 there is יהיה

H4195 profit מותר

H1697 but the talk ודבר

H8193 of the lips שׂפתים

H389 tendeth only אך

H4270 to penury למחסור׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3605 all

H6089 labour

there

H1961 is

H4195 profit

but

the

H1697 talk

the

H8193 lips

tendeth

H389 only

H4270 penury

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