שְׂפָת֜/וֹ
𐤔𐤐𐤕/𐤅
sefato
its brim
or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
2 Chronicles 4:2 · Word #9
Lexicon H8193
| Lemma | שָׂפָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤔𐤐𐤄 |
| Transliteration | sâphâh |
| Strong's | H8193 |
| In-context | its brim |
Morphology HNcfsc/Sp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H8193-23
his boundary-lip
| Root | שׂפה (ś-p-h) |
| Core Meanings | edge, border, boundary, lip, brink |
| Semantic Range | lip of a person, speech or language (as the lip’s function), edge or brim of a vessel, bank of a river, shore of the sea, border or boundary line |
| Conceptual Significance | שָׂפָה links physical edges with communication, portraying the lip as the boundary where inner thought becomes spoken word. Its extension to shores and brims reflects the Hebrew view of limits and borders as defining and containing forces, whether waters, vessels, or speech itself. |
| Morphological Notes | Noun common feminine singular construct (שְׂפַת) with 3ms pronominal suffix (-וֹ), yielding "his lip/edge." Though feminine in gender, the suffix specifies possession by a masculine singular referent. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun שָׂפָה fundamentally denotes a "lip" as an edge or boundary. In construct form with a 3ms suffix (שְׂפָתוֹ), it means "his lip" or "his edge." Rendering it as "his boundary-lip" preserves the concrete image of an edge or rim while accurately reflecting the feminine singular noun with a third masculine singular pronominal suffix. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root שׂפה (edge, border, boundary, lip, brink)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H8193-01 |
besefetoteykha | within your lips |
H8193-02 |
besifetey | in the two boundary-lips of |
H8193-03 |
besifetoteyhem | in their lips |
H8193-04 |
bisefat | at the lip-boundary of |
H8193-06 |
bisefatayv | with his two lips |
H8193-09 |
lisefato | to his lip-edge |
H8193-10 |
misefat | from the lip of |
H8193-11 |
misefato | from his lip-boundary |
H8193-12 |
safah | a boundary-lip |
H8222-01 |
safam | upper-lip |
H8222-02 |
sefamo | his lip-hair |
H8193-14 |
sefatah | her boundary-lip |
H8193-15 |
sefatam | their lip |
H8193-16 |
sefatay | my two boundary-lips |
H8193-17 |
sefatayim | two lips |
H8193-18 |
sefatayv | his two lip-boundaries |
H8193-19 |
sefateyha | the boundary-lips of her |
H8193-20 |
sefateykha | your two boundary-lips |
H8193-21 |
sefateymo | their pair of lips |
H8193-22 |
sefateynu | our two boundary-lips |
H8193-24 |
shftyv | his boundary-lips |
H8193-25 |
sifetey | the two lips of |
H8193-27 |
sifetotayikhe | your (feminine) boundary-lips |
H8193-28 |
sifetotayv | his boundary-lips |
H8193-30 |
usefatayv | and his two boundary-lips |
H8193-31 |
usefateykha | and your two lips |
H8193-32 |
usefato | and his boundary-lip |
H8193-33 |
uvisefatayv | and with his lip-edges |
H8193-34 |
vesafah | and a boundary-lip |
H8193-35 |
vesifetey | and the two boundary-lips of |
H8193-38 |
visefatayv | on his two lips |
H8193-39 |
vshftv | with his lip |
Word Usage (177 occurrences of H8193)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:1 | שָׂפָ֣ה | safah | language |
| Genesis 11:6 | וְ/שָׂפָ֤ה | vesafah | and language |
| Genesis 11:7 | שְׂפָתָ֑/ם | sefatam | their language |