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8193 – שָׂפָה (safah)

lip


Type:
Noun Noun
 
fem. ♀ feminine
 
Category:  Human  Human body  Mouth
Hebrew: שָׂפָה (safah)
Pronunciation: sa-fa    Listen
Gematria: 385(300 + 80 + 5)    words with the same gematria
Origin: or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף))
Usage: 176 times in OT

Description

1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)


Origin

or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף)):

סָפָהsafahH5595to snatch

Word root

Word with safah as root:

שָׂפָםsafamH8222mustache

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word safah was translated to the following:

γλῶσσαglossaG1100tongue
λόγοςlogosG3056word
μέροςmerosG3313part
στόμαstomaG4750mouth
φωνήphoneG5456voice
χεῖλοςcheilosG5491lip

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
♀ dual (couple) gen. feminine dual (2/a couple) Construct state
Ncfdc-67
Noun Noun
♀ pl. gen. feminine plural Construct state
Ncfpc-8
Noun Noun
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state
Ncfsa-11
Noun Noun
♀ sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state
Ncfsc-57
Noun Noun
♀ dual (couple) feminine dual (2/a couple) Absolute state
Ncfda-17
Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state
Ncmpc-16


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References (176 occurances in 164 verses)




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