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OSHB Eze 3:6 שָׂפָה (sāfāh) Strongs=8193 Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’
contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (8) of identical word form שָׂפָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שָׂפָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘a_lip’, ‘an_edge’, ‘language’, ‘lip’.

GEN 11:1 contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB GEN 11:1 word 4

OET-LV: 11 and_ all _of _he/it _was the_earth/land language one and_words/messages one(s). (GEN_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Now the whole world had a single language and the same words, (GEN 11:1)

EXO 28:32 contextual word gloss=‘an_edge’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EXO 28:32 word 5

OET-LV: 32 And_it _was the _opening _of his/its_head in_the _middle _of_of _it an _edge it _will _belong to_its _of_opening all _around the_work _of a _weaver like_the_opening _of a _collar it _will _belong for_him/it not it _will _be _torn. (EXO_28:32)

OET-RV: 32 with an opening for his head in the middle of it. A border will be needed around the opening so it can’t tear—this should be woven like openings in regular clothes. (EXO 28:32)

EXO 39:23 contextual word gloss=‘an_edge’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EXO 39:23 word 6

OET-LV: 23 And_the _opening _of the _robe in_the _middle _of_of _it was_like_the_opening _of a _collar an _edge belonged_to_its _of_opening all _around not it _was _torn. (EXO_39:23)

OET-RV: 23 It opened down the middle like other clothes and had a border around this opening so that it wouldn’t tear, (EXO 39:23)

JOB 12:20 contextual word gloss=‘a_lip’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB JOB 12:20 word 2

OET-LV: 20 he_is_removing a _lip of_trusted_ones and_the_discernment _of elders he _takes _away. (JOB_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 He deprives trusted advisors of the opportunity to speak,
⇔ and he takes discernment away from the elders. (JOB 12:20)

ISA 28:11 contextual word gloss=‘lip’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB ISA 28:11 word 3

OET-LV: 11 If/because by_stammerings _of lip and_by_a _language another he _will _speak to the_people (the)_this. (ISA_28:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (ISA 28:11)

ISA 33:19 contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB ISA 33:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 DOM a _people barbarous not you _will _see a _people too_deep _of language for_hearing stammering _of tongue there_is_not understanding. (ISA_33:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙ (ISA 33:19)

EZE 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 If/because not to a _people deep _of language and_heavy _of language you are _being_sent to the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 because you aren’t being sent to a people group who speak a strange or difficult language, but to the Israeli people— (EZE 3:5)

ZEP 3:9 contextual word gloss=‘a_lip’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB ZEP 3:9 word 6

OET-LV: 9 If/because then I _will _restore to peoples a _lip purified to_call of _them _of_all in/on_name _of YHWH to_serve_him a _shoulder one. (ZEP_3:9)

OET-RV: ⇔  9 Then I’ll be sure to give pure speech to the peoples,
⇔ so all of them can pray to Yahweh,
⇔ and serve him side-by-side. (ZEP 3:9)

Hebrew words (20) other than שָׂפָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘language’

Have 20 other words (לָשׁוֹן, וּבְלָשׁוֹן, וְכִלְשׁוֹנָם, לְשֹׁנוֹ, שְׂפָתָם, לֹעֵז, שְׂפַת, כִּלְשׁוֹן, וְכִלְשׁוֹן, לְשֹׁנוֹ, וְשָׂפָה, שְׂפַת, לִלְשֹׁנוֹ, שְׂפַת, שְׂפַת, כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ, לָשׁוֹן, וְלִשָּׁן, כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ) with 13 lemmas altogether (Lemma=‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemma=‘לָעַז’, Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’, Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘שָׂפָה’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לִשָּׁן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘שָׂפָה’)

GEN 10:5 לִלְשֹׁנוֹ (lilshonō) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ word gloss=‘to_his / its_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, its_own_of, language’ morpheme glosses=‘with, language_of, its_own’ OSHB GEN 10:5 word 7

OET-LV: 5 From_these the _coastlands _of they _separated the_nations in_their_lands each to_his/its_language to_their_clans in_their_nations. (GEN_10:5)

OET-RV: 5 From all those descendants, people spread out into areas near the coast, each group with their own language, and with all the clans making up their nations. (GEN 10:5)

GEN 11:6 וְשָׂפָה (vəsāfāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘שָׂפָה’ word gloss=‘and_(a)_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, a_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ OSHB GEN 11:6 word 6

OET-LV: 6 And_ YHWH _he/it _said here a _people one and_(a)_language one to/for_all_them and_this their_beginning for_doing and_now not it _will _be _withheld from_them all that they _will _plan for_doing. (GEN_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 and he said, “Look, they’re just one people group, and they all speak the same language. This is only the beginning of what they can do together—soon they’ll be capable of doing anything they plan to do. (GEN 11:6)

GEN 11:7 שְׂפָתָם (səfātām) Lemmas=‘שָׂפָה’, ‘הוּא’ word gloss=‘their_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, their’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, their’ OSHB GEN 11:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7 Come_now let _us _go _down and_let _us _confuse there their_language that not they _will _hear each the _language _of his/its_neighbour. (GEN_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 Come on then, let’s go down and confuse their language so that they won’t be able to understand each other’s words.” (GEN 11:7)

GEN 11:7 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB GEN 11:7 word 10

OET-LV: 7 Come_now let _us _go _down and_let _us _confuse there their_language that not they _will _hear each the _language _of his/its_neighbour. (GEN_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 Come on then, let’s go down and confuse their language so that they won’t be able to understand each other’s words.” (GEN 11:7)

GEN 11:9 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB GEN 11:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Bāⱱel if/because there YHWH he _confused the _language _of all _of the_earth/land and_from_there he/it _scattered_them YHWH over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land. (GEN_11:9)

OET-RV: 9 That’s why they named the city ‘Babel’ (meaning ‘mixed-up’) because it was there that Yahweh mixed up everyone’s language and then scattered them over the whole world. (GEN 11:9)

DEU 28:49 לְשֹׁנוֹ (ləshonō) Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, its’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, him’ OSHB DEU 28:49 word 15

OET-LV: 49 YHWH He _will _raise _up on_you a _nation from_a _distance from_the _end _of the_earth/land just_as it _swoops _down (the)_eagle a _nation which not you _will _understand language _of_its. (DEU_28:49)

OET-RV: 49 Yahweh will send a very distant nation against you. They’ll swoop in like an eagle—speaking a language that you won’t understand. (DEU 28:49)

NEH 13:24 וְכִלְשׁוֹן (vəkilshōn) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, according, to_[the]_language_of’ morpheme glosses=‘and, as, language_of’ OSHB NEH 13:24 word 9

OET-LV: 24 And_their _of_children half was_speaking Ashdodite and_not_they were_knowing to_ Yəhūdī/(Judean) _speak and_according_to_the_language _of people and_people. (NEH_13:24)

OET-RV: 24 and half of their children spoke a foreign language from those other people groups and couldn’t speak Hebrew. (NEH 13:24)

EST 1:22 כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ (kilshōnō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 1:22 word 14

OET-LV: 22 And_he _sent _out documents to all _of the _provinces _of the_king to province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_near/to people and_people according_to _of_its _language to_be every _of man ruling over_his _own _of_household and_speaking according_to _the _language _of his _people _of_of. (EST_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 and sent letters to every province in his empire. He wrote to every province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language. The letters said that men should be the masters over their wives and children, and that a husband should be able to give orders to his wife in his own native language that she should understand and obey. (EST 1:22)

EST 1:22 כִּלְשׁוֹן (kilshōn) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_the_language_of’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of’ OSHB EST 1:22 word 21

EST 3:12 כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ (kilshōnō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 3:12 word 33

OET-LV: 12 And_ the _scribes _of _they _were _summoned the_king in_month (the)_first on_thir- teenth day in/on/over_him/it and_it _was _written according_to _all that he _commanded Haman to the _satraps _of the_king and_near/to the_governors who were_over province and_province and_near/to the_officials _of people and_people province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_people and_people according_to _of_its _language in/on_name _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh it_was_written and_it_was_sealed with_the _signet-ring _of the _king. (EST_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 On the thirteenth day of that same month, Haman called in the royal scribes, and he dictated a letter to them. He told them to send copies to the royal officials, the governors of each province, and the leaders of each people group within the empire. The scribes translated the letter so it could be sent to each province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language. To show that he was sending the letter under the king’s own authority, Haman sealed each copy of the letter with the ring that had the king’s official seal on it. (EST 3:12)

EST 8:9 כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ (kilshonō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 8:9 word 39

OET-LV: 9 And_ the _scribes _of _they _were _summoned the_king at_time (the)_that in_month the_third that is_the _month _of Sivan on_day_three and_twenty in/on/over_him/it and_it _was _written according_to _all _of that he _commanded Mārəddəkay to the_Yəhūdī and_near/to the_satraps and_the_governors and_the _officials _of the _provinces which were_from_Hodū/(India) and_unto Kūsh/(Kūsh/(Cush/Ethiopia)) seven and_twenty and_a _hundred province[s] province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_people and_people according_to _of_its _language and_near/to the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) according_to _of_their _writing and_according_to _of_their _language. (EST_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 It was now June, and the king sent for his scribes and they wrote a letter to the Jews containing everything that Mordekai dictated. It was also addressed to royal officials, and to the governors and leaders in each province. The empire had 127 provinces, extending all the way from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. The scribes wrote to every province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language, and to the Jews in their language and using their alphabet. (EST 8:9)

EST 8:9 וְכִלְשׁוֹנָם (vəkilshōnām) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, according, to_of, their_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in, language_of, their’ OSHB EST 8:9 word 43

PSA 81:6 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘a_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB PSA 81:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6  a _transcript in_Yōşēf/(Joseph) he_established _it in_his/its_coming _out on the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) a _language _of (of)_which_not I _knew I _heard. (PSA_81:6)

OET-RV: 6 “I removed the burden from his shoulder.
⇔ His hands were freed from having to hold the basket. (PSA 81:6)

PSA 114:1 לֹעֵז (loˊēz) Lemma=‘לָעַז’ contextual word gloss=‘[who]_spoke_a_foreign_language’ word gloss=‘strange_language’ OSHB PSA 114:1 word 7

OET-LV: 114 When_went _out Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) the _house _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) from_a _people who_spoke _a _foreign _language. (PSA_114:1)

OET-RV: 114 When Yisrael (Israel) left Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim)
⇔ (Yakov’s descendants leaving a people who spoke a foreign language), (PSA 114:1)

ISA 19:18 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB ISA 19:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 in _the_day (the)_that they _will _be five cities in_land of _Miʦrayim the _language _of which_speak of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_which_swear _an _oath to/for_YHWH hosts the _city _of (the)_destruction it _will _be _said of_one. (ISA_19:18)

OET-RV: 18 ◙ (ISA 19:18)

ISA 28:11 וּבְלָשׁוֹן (ūⱱəlāshōn) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, by, a_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in / on / at / with, tongue’ OSHB ISA 28:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 If/because by_stammerings _of lip and_by_a _language another he _will _speak to the_people (the)_this. (ISA_28:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (ISA 28:11)

JER 5:15 לְשֹׁנוֹ (ləshonō) Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, its’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, whose’ OSHB JER 5:15 word 19

OET-LV: 15 Here_I am_about _to _bring on_you(pl) a _nation from_a _distance Oh _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance _of YHWH is_a _nation enduring it is_a _nation from_long _ago/eternity it a _nation which_not you _know language _of_its and_not you _hear what does _it _say. (JER_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 ◙ (JER 5:15)

EZE 3:5 לָשׁוֹן (lāshōn) Lemma=‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:5 word 8

OET-LV: 5 If/because not to a _people deep _of language and_heavy _of language you are _being_sent to the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 because you aren’t being sent to a people group who speak a strange or difficult language, but to the Israeli people— (EZE 3:5)

EZE 3:6 לָשׁוֹן (lāshōn) Lemma=‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 Not to peoples many deep _of language and_heavy _of language whom not you _will _understand words/messages _of_their if not to_them I_had _sent _you they they _will _listen to_you. (EZE_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 not to many people groups who speak strange or difficult languages whose words you wouldn’t be able to understand. I’m sure that if it was them that I sent you to, they would’ve listened to you. (EZE 3:6)

DAN 3:29 וְלִשָּׁן (vəlishshān) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לִשָּׁן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ OSHB DAN 3:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 And_from_me a _decree it _is _made that any _of people nation and_language which negligence it _will _say against their _of_god of Shadrach Meshach and_Abed- nego members he _will _be _made and_his _of_house a _refuse-heap it _will _be _made as_to because that not there is_a _god another who he _is _able to_rescue like_this. (DAN_3:29)

OET-RV: 29 I hereby make a decree that any people, nation, or language that speaks anything offensive against the god of Shadrak, Meyshak, and Avednego will have their houses made into rubbish heaps and they’ll be torn limb from limb, because there’s no other god who’s able to save people like that.” (DAN 3:29)