שָׂפָה

1. lip:
\ \ a. usually (c. 108 t.) human organ of speech (often || פֶּה, לָשׁוֺן rarely [only late poetry] חֵךְ: 10 t. Job; 25 t. Psalms; 45 t. Proverbs): (1) Es 29,13; 3 Mos 5,4 (P), Job 13,6; Mal 2,6; Sl 12,5; Ord 5,3 +; ׳דַּל שׂ Sl 141,3 (see דָּל); ׳אִישׁ שׂ Job 11,2 = a talker, ׳אֱוִיל שׂ Ord 10,8 = one talking folly, so vOrd 10,10 (ᵑ0; but see Toy); טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם Es 6,5 (twice in verse) compare vEs 6,7; Dan 10,16 ׳עֲרַל שׂ 2 Mos 6,12; 2 Mos 6,30 (P; unskilled in speech); ׳עִקֵּשׁ שׂ 2 Mos 19,1 ׳פֹּתֶה שׂ 2 Mos 20,19 see [ פָּתָה] p. 834; ׳מוֺצָא שׂ i.e. utterance, 5 Mos 23,24; Jer 17,16; 4 Mos 30,13 (P), Sl 89,35, ׳רוּחַ שׂ Es 11,4 (of Messianic king), ׳דְּבַר שׂ Sl 59,13; Ord 14,23 +, = mere, empty, word 2 Kong 18,20 = Es 36,5 ׳תְּבוּאַת שׂ Ord 18,20, ׳נוב שׂ Es 57,19 (thanksgiving), compare Hos 14,3 (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 and most פְּדִי for פָּרִים); of flattery, ׳חֵלֶק שׂ Ord 7,21, שְׂפַת חֲלָקוֺת Sl 12,3; Sl 12,4 compare שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה Sl 17,1, שֶׁקֶר ׳שׂ Sl 31,9 + 4 t., שְׂפַת אָוֶן Ord 17,4 poison beneath (compare לָשׁוֺן) Sl 140,4 (figurative); ׳פֶּשַׁע שׂ Ord 12,13 ׳לְזוּת שׂ Ord 4,24 אֱמֶת ׳שׂ Ord 12,19, יָ֑תֶר ׳שׂ Ord 17,7, צֶדֶק ׳שׂ Ord 16,13, דַּעַת ׳שׂ Ord 14,7; Ord 20,15 ׳חֵן שׂ Ord 22,11 שָׂפָה בְרוּרָה Sef 3,9 רְנָנוֺת ׳שׂ Sl 63,5 i.e. lips that shout for joy; with verbs: ׳פָּתַח שׂ (to speak) Job 11,5; Job 30,20 (Gi vJob 30,21), compare Sl 51,17, ׳מִפְתַּח שׂ Ord 8,6 ׳פָּשַׁק שׂ Ord 13,3 i.e. prate; מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם ׳שׂ Es 30,27 ׳שׂ subject of דִּבֶּר Es 59,3; Ord 24,2 ׳נָשָׂא עַלשֿׂ Sl 16,14 ׳קָרַץ שׂ Ord 16,30 = backbite; ׳אָטַם שׂ Ord 17,28 = keep silence, so ׳חָשַׂךְ שׂ Ord 10,19, כָּלָא ׳שׂ Sl 40,10. (2) lips moving in speech, with נוּעַ 1 Sam 1,13, נִיד Job 16,5. (3) transition to meaning speech, עָלָה עַלשְֿׂפַת לָשׁוֺן Ezk 36,3 = ability to speak Job 12,20.
\ \ b. organ of laughter Job 8,21.
\ \ c. of insulting grimace ׳הִפְטִיר בְּשׂ Sl 22,8.
\ \ d. quivering in terror Hab 3,16.
\ \ e. feature of beauty Hoj 4,3 (scarlet). feminine place of bridle 2 Kong 19,28 = Es 37,29 (see מֶתֶג).
\ \ g. receiving kiss Ord 24,26 compare Hoj 4,11 and (in figurative) Hoj 7,10.
\ \ h. of divine speech, ׳מִצְוַת שׂ Job 23,12, ׳דְּבַר שׂ Sl 17,4.

2. language (see לָשׁוֺן), 1 Mos 11,1; 1 Mos 11,6; 1 Mos 11,7 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 11,9; Sl 81,6 ׳עַם עִמְקֵי שׂ Ezk 3,5; Ezk 3,6; Es 33,19, ׳לַעֲגֵי שׂ Es 28,11 שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן Es 19,18 (i.e. Hebrew).

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