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Proverbs 20:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3426 There is ישׁ

H2091 gold זהב

H7230 and a multitude ורב

H6443 of rubies פנינים

H3627 jewel וכלי

H3366 are a precious יקר

H8193 but the lips שׂפתי

H1847 of knowledge דעת׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

There

H3426 is

H2091 gold

and

H7230 multitude

H6443 rubies

but

the

H8193 lips

H1847 knowledge

are

H3366 precious

H3627 jewel

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