"שפה" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /saˈfa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: Root שׂ־פ־ה (s-p-h) 0 terms From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Compare also Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum), Classical Syriac ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ (sep̄ṯā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎔𐎚 (špt) and Arabic شَفَة (šafa). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׂ־פ־ה}} Root שׂ־פ־ה (s-p-h) 0 terms, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*śapat-||lip}} Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”), {{cog|akk|šaptum|𒅻|tr=šaptum}} Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum), {{cog|syc|ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ|tr=sep̄ṯā}} Classical Syriac ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ (sep̄ṯā), {{cog|uga|𐎌𐎔𐎚}} Ugaritic 𐎌𐎔𐎚 (špt), {{cog|ar|شَفَة}} Arabic شَفَة (šafa) 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) (countable) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth) Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-Ry~AXn7j Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 8 19 40 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (figuratively) lip: the rim of a container. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-9n7Fjy5C
  3. (metonymically) (countable) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication) Tags: metonymically Synonyms (system of communication): לָשׁוֹן (lashón) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-r-SJ4Zma Categories (other): Hebrew metonyms, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 8 19 40 Disambiguation of 'system of communication': 15 2 81 3
  4. (uncountable) Language, speech: choice of words, manner of speech. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Face Synonyms (choice of words): לָשׁוֹן (lashón) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-שפה-he-noun-YVNUxJa0 Disambiguation of Face: 29 2 20 49 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: 14 3 33 50 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 15 5 19 61 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 15 5 19 61 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 5 19 61 Disambiguation of Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים: 19 8 25 47 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה: 12 8 31 49 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה: 12 8 31 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 8 19 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 3 23 50 Disambiguation of 'choice of words': 3 1 24 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שְׂפַת אֵם (s'fat 'ém), שְׂפַת הַיָּם (s'fát hayám), שפתיים גדולות (s'fatáyim g'dolót), שְּׂפָתַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת (s'fatáyim g'dolót), שפתיים קטנות (s'fatáyim k'tanót), שְּׂפָתַיִם קְטַנּוֹת (s'fatáyim k'tanót), שְׂפַת מִדְרָכָה (s'fat midrakhá), שְׂפַת תִּכְנוּת (s'fat tikh'nut)
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      "roman": "s'fat 'ém",
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      "roman": "s'fát hayám",
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      "roman": "s'fatáyim g'dolót",
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      "roman": "s'fatáyim g'dolót",
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      "form": "שְׂפַתְכֶם",
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      "form": "שְׂפָתוֹ",
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        "possessed-form",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָהּ",
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתֶיךָ",
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      ]
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    {
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    {
      "form": "שִׂפְתֵיכֶם",
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    {
      "form": "שְׂפָתָיו",
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      ]
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    {
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שָׂפוֹת",
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        "plural"
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתֵיכֶם",
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        "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",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָם",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "שְׂפוֹתָן",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "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": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "he:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 8 19 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(countable) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-Ry~AXn7j",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lip",
          "lip#English:_Q15173"
        ],
        [
          "fleshy",
          "fleshy"
        ],
        [
          "protrusions",
          "protrusions"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) (countable) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lip: the rim of a container."
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-9n7Fjy5C",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) lip: the rim of a container."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 8 19 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(countable) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-r-SJ4Zma",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language#English:_Q315"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymically) (countable) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 2 81 3",
          "roman": "lashón",
          "sense": "system of communication",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 3 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 5 19 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 5 19 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 5 19 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 25 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 31 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־פ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 31 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטָלָה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 8 19 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 23 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 2 20 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Face",
          "orig": "he:Face",
          "parents": [
            "Head and neck",
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Language, speech: choice of words, manner of speech."
      ],
      "id": "en-שפה-he-noun-YVNUxJa0",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Language, speech: choice of words, manner of speech."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 24 72",
          "roman": "lashón",
          "sense": "choice of words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "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": "s'fat 'ém",
      "word": "שְׂפַת אֵם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fát hayám",
      "word": "שְׂפַת הַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fatáyim g'dolót",
      "word": "שפתיים גדולות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fatáyim g'dolót",
      "word": "שְּׂפָתַיִם גְּדוֹלוֹת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fatáyim k'tanót",
      "word": "שפתיים קטנות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fatáyim k'tanót",
      "word": "שְּׂפָתַיִם קְטַנּוֹת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fat midrakhá",
      "word": "שְׂפַת מִדְרָכָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'fat tikh'nut",
      "word": "שְׂפַת תִּכְנוּת"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "שׂ־פ־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n שׂ־פ־ה (s-p-h)\n 0 terms",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*śapat-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lip"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "šaptum",
        "3": "𒅻",
        "tr": "šaptum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ",
        "tr": "sep̄ṯā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ (sep̄ṯā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎌𐎔𐎚"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎌𐎔𐎚 (špt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "شَفَة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic شَفَة (šafa)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n שׂ־פ־ה (s-p-h)\n 0 terms\nFrom Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Compare also Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum), Classical Syriac ܣܶܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ (sep̄ṯā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎔𐎚 (špt) and Arabic شَفَة (šafa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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": [
        "Hebrew countable nouns",
        "he:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(countable) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "lip",
          "lip#English:_Q15173"
        ],
        [
          "fleshy",
          "fleshy"
        ],
        [
          "protrusions",
          "protrusions"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) (countable) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lip: the rim of a container."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) lip: the rim of a container."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew countable nouns",
        "Hebrew metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(countable) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language#English:_Q315"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "community",
          "community"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymically) (countable) language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Language, speech: choice of words, manner of speech."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Language, speech: choice of words, manner of speech."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lashón",
      "sense": "system of communication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lashón",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לָשׁוֹן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שפה"
}

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