H8193. saphah

שָׂפָה‎₁₇₆ noun feminine [masculine Exodus 28:32, edge, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 76}], lip, speech, edge; — absolute ׳שׂ‎ Genesis 11:1 +, construct שְׂפַת‎ 11:7 +; suffix שְׂפָתוֺ‎ 1 Kings 7:23 +, etc.; oftener dual שְׂפָתַיִם‎ Isaiah 6:5 +, construct שִׂפְתֵי‎ Psalm 12:4 +; suffix שְׂפָתַי‎ Jeremiah 17:16 +, suffix 3 masculine plural שְׂפָתֵימוֺ‎ Psalm 59:13; 140:4; 140:10, etc.; plural (in poetry and late) construct שִׂפְתוֺת‎ Ecclesiastes 10:12, suffix שִׂפְתוֺתֶיךָ‎ etc. Psalm 45:3; 59:8; Isaiah 59:3; Song of Solomon 4:3, 11; 5:13; —

1 lip:

a. usually (c. 108 t.) human organ of speech (often "" לָשׁוֺן מֶּה,‎ rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ‎: 10 t. Job; 25t. Psalms; 45t. Proverbs): (1) Isaiah 29:13; Leviticus 5:4 (P), Job 13:6; Malachi 2:6; Psalm 12:5; Proverbs 5:3 +; שׂ ׳דַּל‎ Psalm 141:3 (see דָּל‎); שׂ ׳אִישׁ‎ Job 11:2 = a talker, שׂ ׳אֱוִיל‎ Proverbs 10:8 +? 10:10 (ᵑ0‎; but see Toy); שְׂפָתַיִם טְמֵא‎ Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) compare 6:7; Daniel 10:16; שׂ ׳עֲרַל‎ Exodus 6:12, 30 (P; unskilled in speech); שׂ ׳עִקֵּשׁ‎ 19:1; שׂ ׳מֹּתֶה‎ 20:19 see [ מָּתָה‎] p. 834; שׂ ׳מוֺצָא‎ i.e. utterance, Deuteronomy 23:24; Jeremiah 17:16; Numbers 30:13 (P), Psalm 89:35, שׂ ׳רוּחַ‎ Isaiah 11:4 (of Messianic king), שׂ ׳דְּבַר‎ Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 14:23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5; שׂ ׳תְּבוּאַת‎ Proverbs 18:20, שׂ ׳נוב‎ Isaiah 57:19 (thanksgiving), compare Hosea 14:3 (ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ and most מְּדִי‎ for מָּרִים‎); of flattery, שׂ ׳חֵלֶק‎ Proverbs 7:21, חֲלָקוֺת שְׂפַת‎ Psalm 12:3; 12:4; compare מִרְמָה שִׂפְתֵי‎ 17:1, ׳שׂ שֶׁקֶר‎ 31:9 4t., אָוֶן שְׂפַת‎ Proverbs 17:4; poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן‎) Psalm 140:4 (figurative); שׂ ׳מֶּשַׁע‎ Proverbs 12:13; שׂ ׳לְזוּת‎ 4:24; ׳שׂ אֱמֶת‎ 12:19, ׳שׂ יָ֑תֶר‎ 17:7, ׳שׂ צֶדֶק‎ 16:13, ׳שׂ דַּעַת‎ 14:7; 20:15; שׂ ׳חֵן‎ 22:11; בְרוּרָה שָׂפָה‎ Zephaniah 3:9; ׳שׂ רְנָנוֺת‎ Psalm 63:5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: שׂ ׳מָּתַח‎ (to speak) Job 11:5; 30:20 (Gi 30:21), compare Psalm 51:17, שׂ ׳מִפְתַּח‎ Proverbs 8:6; שׂ ׳מָּשַׁק‎ 13:3 i.e. prate; ׳שׂ זַעַם מָֽלְאוּ‎ Isaiah 30:27; ׳שׂ‎ subject of דִּבֶּר‎ 59:3; Proverbs 24:2; עַלשֿׂ ׳נָשָׂא‎ Psalm 16:14; שׂ ׳קָרַץ‎ 16:30 = backbite; שׂ ׳אָטַם‎ 17:28 +?שׂ ׳חָשַׂךְ‎ 10:19, ׳שׂ כָּלָא‎ Psalm 40:10. (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ‎ 1 Samuel 1:13, נִיד‎ Job 16:5. (3) transition to meaning speech, לָשׁוֺן עַלשְֿׂפַת עָלָה‎ Ezekiel 36:3; = ability to speak Job 12:20.

b. organ of laughter Job 8:21.

c. of insulting grimace בְּשׂ ׳הִפְטִיר‎ Psalm 22:8.

d. quivering in terror Habakkuk 3:16.

e. feature of beauty Song of Solomon 4:3 (scarlet).

f. place of bridle 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29 (see מֶתֶג‎).

g. receiving kiss Proverbs 24:26 compare Song of Solomon 4:11 and (in figurative) 7:10.

h. of divine speech, שׂ ׳מִצְוַת‎ Job 23:12, שׂ ׳דְּבַר‎ Psalm 17:4.

2 language (see לָשׁוֺן‎), Genesis 11:1, 6, 7 (twice in verse); 11:9; Psalm 81:6; שׂ עִמְקֵי ׳עַם‎ Ezekiel 3:5-6, Isaiah 33:19, שׂ ׳לַעֲגֵי‎ 28:11; כְּנַעַן שְׂפַת‎ 19:18 (i.e. Hebrew).

3 edge: shore of sea Genesis 22:17 (J) + 7 t.; bank of river 41:3, 17 (E) + 5 t., of wady (נַחַל‎) Deuteronomy 2:36 7t.; lip (bank) of מְחוֺלָה אָבֵל‎ Judges 7:22 compare GASm^{G 400}; brim of vessel 1 Kings 7:23 (twice in verse) + 7 t.; edge of altar Ezekiel 43:13; of curtains (in pairs) Exodus 26:4 (twice in verse) (P) + 6 t.; of חשֶׁן‎, toward ephod 28:26 = 39:19 (P); of round opening in robe ׳שׂ לְפִיו (יִהְיֶה)‎ 28:32 = 39:23 (P).