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Proverbs 16:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H2450 The wise לחכם

H3820 in heart לב

H7121 shall be called יקרא

H995 prudent נבון

H4986 and the sweetness ומתק

H8193 of the lips שׂפתים

H3254 increaseth יסיף

H3948 learning לקח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H2450 wise

H3820 heart

shall

H7121 called

H995 prudent

and

the

H4986 sweetness

the

H8193 lips

H3254 increaseth

H3948 learning

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