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# שָׂפָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8222

**moustache** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

moustache [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8222/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂפָם: moustache [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8222/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] moustache (cf. N. Syriac ܣܲܦܡܵܐ rete; on meaning and form v. Thes Ol408 Köii 73);—abs. שׂ׳ Mi 3:7 +, sf. שְׂפָמוֹ 2 S 19:25;—moustache: עָשָׂה שׂ׳ 2 S 19:25 (𝔊 μύσταξ) i.e. trim it; עָטָה עַל־שׂ׳ Mi 3:7 Ez 24:17, 22 Lv 13:45 (P; v. I. עטה 1).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a moustache (4); moustache (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 24:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.22/#tree)

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי עַל־שָׂפָם֙ לֹ֣א תַעְט֔וּ וְלֶ֥חֶם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.do just as I.have.done over a.moustache not you.must.cover and food of.people not you.must.eat

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your upper lips, nor eat the bread of men;

[Micah 3:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.3.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.3.7/#tree)

וּבֹ֣שׁוּהַחֹזִ֗ים וְחָֽפְרוּ֙ הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔ים וְעָט֥וּ עַל־שָׂפָ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין מַעֲנֵ֖ה אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.ashamed the seers and they.will.be.abashed \[those who\].divine and they.will.cover over a.moustache of.them all (dm) there.\[will\].not.\[be\] an.answer of.God

*JPS 1917:* And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their upper lips; for there shall be no answer of God.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8222.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8222/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).