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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8193",
  "lemma": "שָׂפָה",
  "transliteration": "sâphâh",
  "definition": "the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)",
  "kjv": "band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore…",
  "occurrences": 175,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5595",
      "lemma": "סָפָה",
      "transliteration": "çâphâh",
      "meaning": "to scrape",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5595"
    },
    {
      "id": "H8192",
      "lemma": "שָׁפָה",
      "transliteration": "shâphâh",
      "meaning": "to abrade, i.e. bare",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8192"
    },
    {
      "id": "H5490",
      "lemma": "סוֹף",
      "transliteration": "çôwph",
      "meaning": "a termination",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5490"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׂפָה 176 n.f. lip, speech, edge",
    "1. lip",
    "2. language",
    "3. edge: shore of sea; bank of river"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:1",
      "text": "The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:6",
      "text": "The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:7",
      "text": "Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:9",
      "text": "Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:17",
      "text": "that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 41:3",
      "text": "Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 41:17",
      "text": "Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:3",
      "text": "When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 6:12",
      "text": "Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 6:30",
      "text": "Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=30"
    }
  ],
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