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Proverbs 16:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3820 The heart לב

H2450 of the wise חכם

H7919 teacheth ישׂכיל

H6310 his mouth פיהו

H5921 to ועל

H8193 his lips שׂפתיו

H3254 and addeth יסיף

H3948 learning לקח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H3820 heart

the

H2450 wise

H7919 teacheth

his

H6310 mouth

and

H3254 addeth

H3948 learning

H5921 to

his

H8193 lips

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