"שפה" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /saˈfa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׂ־פ־ה}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*śapat-||lip|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”), {{inh+|he|sem-pro|*śapat-|t=lip}} Inherited from Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=שְׂפַת|dual=שפתיים|dualdwv=שְׂפָתַיִם|g=f|pat=קְטָלָה|pl=שָׂפוֹת|tr=safá|wv=שָׂפָה}} שָׂפָה • (safá) f (dual indefinite שפתיים / שְׂפָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׂפוֹת, singular construct שְׂפַת־) [pattern: קְטָלָה] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|שָׂפָה|שְׂפַת־|d|שפתיים\שְׂפָתַיִם|שִׂפְתֵי־|p|שָׂפוֹת|שְׂפוֹת־}} Forms: שָׂפָה [canonical], safá [romanization], שפתיים [dual, indefinite], שְׂפָתַיִם [dual, indefinite], שָׂפוֹת [indefinite, plural], שְׂפַת־ [construct, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], שָׂפָה [indefinite, singular], שְׂפָתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שְׂפָתֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַשָּׂפָה [definite, singular], שְׂפָתְךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שְׂפָתֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שְׂפַתְכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שְׂפַתְכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שְׂפַת־ [construct, singular], שְׂפָתוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שְׂפָתָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שְׂפָתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שְׂפָתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שפתיים [dual, indefinite], שְׂפָתַיִם [dual, indefinite], שפתיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שְׂפָתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שְׂפָתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], השפתיים [definite, dual], הַשְּׂפָתַיִם [definite, dual], שְׂפָתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שפתייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שְׂפָתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שִׂפְתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שִׂפְתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שִׂפְתֵי־ [construct, dual], שְׂפָתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שְׂפָתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שִׂפְתֵיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שִׂפְתֵיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שָׂפוֹת [indefinite, plural], שפותיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שְׂפוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], שְׂפוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַשָּׂפוֹת [definite, plural], שְׂפוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שפותייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שְׂפוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], שְׂפוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שְׂפוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], שְׂפוֹת־ [construct, plural], שְׂפוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שְׂפוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], שְׂפוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], שְׂפוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. (anatomy) lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-6jfE0udx Categories (other): Anatomy, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 20 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 16 14 35 34 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 35 35 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים: 14 14 36 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 36 35 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (figuratively) lip (rim of an open container) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-~vBkhE~9 Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 20 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 16 14 35 34 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 35 35 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים: 14 14 36 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 36 35
  3. (metonymic) language (body of words used as a form of communication) Synonyms: לָשׁוֹן
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-XqHreI~Q Categories (other): Hebrew metonyms, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 46 46 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 20 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 16 14 35 34 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 35 35 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים: 14 14 36 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 36 35
  4. (uncountable) language, speech (choice of words, manner of speech) Tags: uncountable Synonyms: לָשׁוֹן
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-b~s1fJXs Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 46 46 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 20 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 16 14 35 34 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 14 35 35 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים: 14 14 36 36 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה: 29 18 27 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 14 36 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שְׂפַת אֵם (sfát ém), שְׂפַת הַיָּם (sfát hayám), שְׂפַת מִדְרָכָה (sfat midrakhá), שְׂפַת תִּכְנוּת (sfat tikhnút), שפתיים גדולות (sfatáyim gdolót), שְּׂפָתַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת (sfatáyim gdolót), שפתיים קטנות (sfatáyim ktanót), שְּׂפָתַיִם קְטַנּוֹת (sfatáyim ktanót)
Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0 0
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      "form": "השפתיים",
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      "form": "שְׂפָתָיו",
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    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹת־",
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    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָיו",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "dual": "שפתיים",
        "dualdwv": "שְׂפָתַיִם",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קְטָלָה",
        "pl": "שָׂפוֹת",
        "tr": "safá",
        "wv": "שָׂפָה"
      },
      "expansion": "שָׂפָה • (safá) f (dual indefinite שפתיים / שְׂפָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׂפוֹת, singular construct שְׂפַת־) [pattern: קְטָלָה]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שָׂפָה",
        "2": "שְׂפַת־",
        "3": "d",
        "4": "שפתיים\\שְׂפָתַיִם",
        "5": "שִׂפְתֵי־",
        "6": "p",
        "7": "שָׂפוֹת",
        "8": "שְׂפוֹת־"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
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          "orig": "he:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 39 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-6jfE0udx",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lip",
          "lip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 39 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lip (rim of an open container)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-~vBkhE~9",
      "links": [
        [
          "lip",
          "lip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) lip (rim of an open container)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 46 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 39 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language (body of words used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-XqHreI~Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) language (body of words used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 46 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 14 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 18 27 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 39 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 36 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, speech (choice of words, manner of speech)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-b~s1fJXs",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) language, speech (choice of words, manner of speech)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפה"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Face"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sfát ém",
      "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfát hayám",
      "word": "שְׂפַת הַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfat midrakhá",
      "word": "שְׂפַת מִדְרָכָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfat tikhnút",
      "word": "שְׂפַת תִּכְנוּת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfatáyim gdolót",
      "word": "שפתיים גדולות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfatáyim gdolót",
      "word": "שְּׂפָתַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfatáyim ktanót",
      "word": "שפתיים קטנות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sfatáyim ktanót",
      "word": "שְּׂפָתַיִם קְטַנּוֹת"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שׂ־פ־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*śapat-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lip",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*śapat-",
        "t": "lip"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”).",
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    {
      "form": "שָׂפָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "safá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפתיים",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתַיִם",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׂפוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפַת־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׂפָה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתִי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֵנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַשָּׂפָה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתְךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֵךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפַתְכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפַתְכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפַת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפתיים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתַיִם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפתיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "השפתיים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַשְּׂפָתַיִם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפתייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׂפוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפותיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַשָּׂפוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שפותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "שְׂפַת",
        "dual": "שפתיים",
        "dualdwv": "שְׂפָתַיִם",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קְטָלָה",
        "pl": "שָׂפוֹת",
        "tr": "safá",
        "wv": "שָׂפָה"
      },
      "expansion": "שָׂפָה • (safá) f (dual indefinite שפתיים / שְׂפָתַיִם, plural indefinite שָׂפוֹת, singular construct שְׂפַת־) [pattern: קְטָלָה]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שָׂפָה",
        "2": "שְׂפַת־",
        "3": "d",
        "4": "שפתיים\\שְׂפָתַיִם",
        "5": "שִׂפְתֵי־",
        "6": "p",
        "7": "שָׂפוֹת",
        "8": "שְׂפוֹת־"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lip",
          "lip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lip (rim of an open container)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lip",
          "lip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) lip (rim of an open container)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language (body of words used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) language (body of words used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, speech (choice of words, manner of speech)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) language, speech (choice of words, manner of speech)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפה"
}

Download raw JSONL data for שפה meaning in Hebrew (9.3kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: metonymic",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: metonymic",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Number:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'State:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Number:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'State:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
    "שפה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "שפה",
  "trace": ""
}

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