What does דָּבָר · שָׂפָה mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · שָׂפָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "word of their lips".
Hebrew · H1697, H8193
דְּבַר שְׂפָתֵימוֹ
A word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause · the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language ; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
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דָּבָר H1697 a word ; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing ; adverbially, a cause
Pronunciation dāḇār
Word that moves from speech to action: what is spoken becomes a matter of real consequence and effect.
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שָׂפָה H8193 the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language ; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Pronunciation saphah
Lip as boundary extends metaphorically to language and edges, treating speech as a defining perimeter of identity.
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What does דְּבַר שְׂפָתֵימוֹ (devar sephateimo) mean in the Bible?
דָּבָר · שָׂפָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "word of their lips".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1697, H8193?
H1697, H8193 is connected to 1,632 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. word of their lips
Strong's H1697, H8193
Lexical occurrences 1,632 verses Source Gloss
word of their lips
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דְּבַר שְׂפָתֵימוֹ is built from this root:
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