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Proverbs 17:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 not לא

H5000 becometh נאוה

H5036 a fool לנבל

H8193 speech שׂפת

H3499 Excellent יתר

H637 much less אף

H3588 כי

H5081 a prince לנדיב

H8193 lips שׂפת

H8267 do lying שׁקר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3499 Excellent

H8193 speech

H5000 becometh

H3808 not

H5036 fool

much

H637 less

H8267 lying

H8193 lips

H5081 prince

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