Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8222 - שָׂפָם sapham (mustache)

Original Word:	שָׂפָם
Transliteration:	sapham
Definition:	mustache
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(saw-fawm')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beard, upper lip

From saphah; the beard (as a lip-piece) -- beard, (upper) lip.

see HEBREW saphah

Englishman's Concordance

1) moustache
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8193
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2279

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׂפָםnoun [masculine]moustache (compare N Syriac

rete; on meaning and form see Thes Ol⁴⁰⁸ Kö^{ii. 73}); — absolute ׳שׂMicah 3:7 +, suffix שְׂפָמוֺ2 Samuel 19:25; — moustache:׳עָשָׂה שׂ2 Samuel 19:25 (ᵐ5μύστάξ) i.e. trim it; ׳עָטָה עַלשֿׂMicah 3:7; Ezekiel 24:17,22; Leviticus 13:45 (P; see I. עטה1).

שִׂמַּח see III. ספח. מִשְׂמָּח see II. ספח.

ִשׂפְמוֺת1 Samuel 30:28 see ׳שִׁפ.

שׂפן see ספן. I. שׂפק, שֶׂ֫פֶק see ספק.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8222. שָׂפָם (sapham) — 5 Occurrences

Leviticus 13:45
HEB:פָר֔וּעַ וְעַל־ שָׂפָ֖ם יַעְטֶ֑ה וְטָמֵ֥א ׀
NAS: and he shall cover his mustache and cry,
KJV: and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
INT: shall be uncovered and his mustache shall cover Unclean

2 Samuel 19:24
HEB:וְלֹא־ עָשָׂ֣ה שְׂפָמ֗וֹ וְאֶת־ בְּגָדָיו֙
NAS: nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed
KJV: nor trimmed his beard, nor washed
INT: nor trimmed his mustache his clothes nor

Ezekiel 24:17
HEB:תַעְטֶה֙ עַל־ שָׂפָ֔ם וְלֶ֥חֶם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים
NAS: and do not cover [your] mustache and do not eat
KJV: and cover not [thy] lips, and eat
INT: cover and mustache the bread of men

Ezekiel 24:22
HEB:עָשִׂ֑יתִי עַל־ שָׂפָם֙ לֹ֣א תַעְט֔וּ
NAS: you will not cover [your] mustache and you will not eat
KJV: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat
INT: have done and mustache you will not cover

Micah 3:7
HEB:וְעָט֥וּ עַל־ שָׂפָ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם כִּ֛י
NAS: cover [their] mouths Because
KJV: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer
INT: cover and mouths will all Because

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