Proverbs 17

¹Betterט֤וֹבṭō·wḇ — good, beneficial, pleasing, wellH2896 — Full Word Study → a dryחֲ֭רֵבָהḥă·rê·ḇāh — Desolate, parched, ruined, or wasteH2720 — Full Word Study → morselפַּ֣תpaṯ — A morsel, bit, or small piece of foodH6595 — Full Word Study → in quietnessוְשַׁלְוָה־wə·šal·wāh- — ease, peace, prosperity, tranquilityH7962 — Full Word Study → than a houseמִ֝בַּ֗יִתmib·ba·yiṯ — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study → full ofמָלֵ֥אmā·lê — to fill, be full, fullnessH4392 — Full Word Study → feastingזִבְחֵי־ziḇ·ḥê- — sacrificial offering; animal sacrificeH2077 — Full Word Study → with strifeרִֽיב׃rîḇ — Strife, contention, legal disputeH7379 — Full Word Study →. ²A wiseמַשְׂכִּ֗ילmaś·kîl — To act wisely; to understand, prosper, or give skillH7919 — Full Word Study → servantעֶֽבֶד־‘e·ḇeḏ- — Servant; slave; one in bondage or serviceH5650 — Full Word Study → will rule overיִ֭מְשֹׁלyim·šōl — To rule, reign, or exercise dominionH4910 — Full Word Study → a disgracefulמֵבִ֑ישׁmê·ḇîš — to be ashamed; to feel shame or disgraceH954 — Full Word Study → sonבְּבֵ֣ןbə·ḇên — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → and shareיַחֲלֹ֥קya·ḥă·lōq — to divide, distribute, or apportion; to be smooth or flatterH2505 — Full Word Study → his inheritanceנַחֲלָֽה׃na·ḥă·lāh — Inheritance; received possession or propertyH5159 — Full Word Study → as one ofוּבְת֥וֹךְū·ḇə·ṯō·wḵ — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → the brothersאַ֝חִ֗ים’a·ḥîm — Male sibling; brother; kinsmanH251 — Full Word Study →. ³A crucibleמַצְרֵ֣ףmaṣ·rêp̄ — crucible; refining pot for metalsH4715 — Full Word Study → for silverלַ֭כֶּסֶףlak·ke·sep̄ — Silver; money; price; valueH3701 — Full Word Study → and a furnaceוְכ֣וּרwə·ḵūr — furnace, kiln, or oven for intense heatH3564 — Full Word Study → for goldלַזָּהָ֑בlaz·zā·hāḇ — Gold; precious metal; wealth and valueH2091 — Full Word Study →, but the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study → is the testerוּבֹחֵ֖ןū·ḇō·ḥên — to test, examine, or prove through trialH974 — Full Word Study → of heartsלִבּ֣וֹתlib·bō·wṯ — heart; inner person; mind; willH3826 — Full Word Study →. ⁴A wicked manמֵ֭רַעmê·ra‘ — to break, spoil, or do evilH7489 — Full Word Study → listensמַקְשִׁ֣יבmaq·šîḇ — To listen attentively; to give heedH7181 — Full Word Study → toעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → evilאָ֑וֶן’ā·wen — Evil, wickedness, iniquity, or worthlessnessH205 — Full Word Study → lipsשְׂפַת־śə·p̄aṯ- — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study →; a liarשֶׁ֥קֶרše·qer — Deception, falsehood, lieH8267 — Full Word Study → gives earמֵ֝זִיןmê·zîn — to listen, give ear, hear attentivelyH238 — Full Word Study → toעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → a destructiveהַוֺּֽת׃haw·wōṯ — Calamity, destruction, ruin, wickednessH1942 — Full Word Study → tongueלְשׁ֥וֹןlə·šō·wn — Tongue; language; speechH3956 — Full Word Study →. ⁵He who mocksלֹעֵ֣גlō·‘êḡ — To mock, deride, or laugh in scornH3932 — Full Word Study → the poorלָ֭רָשׁlā·rāš — To be poor, lack, or become destituteH7326 — Full Word Study → insultsחֵרֵ֣ףḥê·rêp̄ — to reproach, defy, or insult; to blasphemeH2778 — Full Word Study → their Makerעֹשֵׂ֑הוּ‘ō·śê·hū — to do, make, or accomplish; to act or performH6213 — Full Word Study →; whoever gloatsשָׂמֵ֥חַśā·mê·aḥ — to be glad, rejoice, make merryH8056 — Full Word Study → over calamityלְ֝אֵ֗ידlə·’êḏ — calamity, disaster, ruinH343 — Full Word Study → will notלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → go unpunishedיִנָּקֶֽה׃yin·nā·qeh — to be clean, innocent, or acquittedH5352 — Full Word Study →. ⁶Grandchildrenבְּנֵ֣יbə·nê — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → are the crownעֲטֶ֣רֶת‘ă·ṭe·reṯ — Crown; royal headpiece or honorH5850 — Full Word Study → of the agedזְ֭קֵנִיםzə·qê·nîm — An old person; an elder with authority and wisdomH2205 — Full Word Study →, and the gloryוְתִפְאֶ֖רֶתwə·ṯip̄·’e·reṯ — Beauty, glory, splendor, or magnificenceH8597 — Full Word Study → of a sonבָּנִ֣יםbā·nîm — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → is his fatherאֲבוֹתָֽם׃’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām — H1 — Full Word Study →. ⁷Eloquentיֶ֑תֶרye·ṯer — remainder, excess, superiorityH3499 — Full Word Study → wordsשְׂפַת־śə·p̄aṯ- — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study → are unfitלֹא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → for a foolלְנָבָ֣לlə·nā·ḇāl — foolish, senseless person; moral depravityH5036 — Full Word Study →; how much worseאַ֝֗ף’ap̄ — Also, moreover, even, indeedH637 — Full Word Study → are lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃šā·qer — Deception, falsehood, lieH8267 — Full Word Study → lipsשְׂפַת־śə·p̄aṯ- — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study → to a rulerלְנָדִ֥יבlə·nā·ḏîḇ — Noble, willing, generous person or heartH5081 — Full Word Study →! ⁸A bribeהַ֭שֹּׁחַדhaš·šō·ḥaḏ — A bribe; a gift given to corrupt or influenceH7810 — Full Word Study → is a charmחֵ֣ןḥên — Favor, grace, or kindness shown to someoneH2580 — Full Word Study → toבְּעֵינֵ֣יbə·‘ê·nê — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → its giverבְעָלָ֑יוḇə·‘ā·lāw — Master, owner, lord, husbandH1167 — Full Word Study →; whereverאֶֽל־’el- — to, toward, against; directional and relational prepositionH413 — Full Word Study → he turnsיִפְנֶ֣הyip̄·neh — to turn, face, or direct attentionH6437 — Full Word Study →, he succeedsיַשְׂכִּֽיל׃yaś·kîl — To act wisely; to understand, prosper, or give skillH7919 — Full Word Study →. ⁹Whoever concealsמְֽכַסֶּה־mə·ḵas·seh- — to cover, conceal, hideH3680 — Full Word Study → an offenseפֶּ֭שַׁעpe·ša‘ — Willful rebellion or transgression against God's lawH6588 — Full Word Study → promotesמְבַקֵּ֣שׁmə·ḇaq·qêš — To seek, search for, or request earnestlyH1245 — Full Word Study → loveאַהֲבָ֑ה’a·hă·ḇāh — Love, affection, devotionH160 — Full Word Study →, but he who brings it upוְשֹׁנֶ֥הwə·šō·neh — To repeat, change, or alter; to do againH8138 — Full Word Study → separatesמַפְרִ֥ידmap̄·rîḏ — to separate, divide, or disperseH6504 — Full Word Study → friendsאַלּֽוּף׃’al·lūp̄ — Chief, friend, or tame animalH441 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁰A rebukeגְּעָרָ֣הgə·‘ā·rāh — A sharp rebuke or reproof; stern correctionH1606 — Full Word Study → cuts intoתֵּ֣חַתtê·ḥaṯ — To descend, come down, settleH5181 — Full Word Study → a man of discernmentבְמֵבִ֑יןḇə·mê·ḇîn — To understand, discern, perceiveH995 — Full Word Study → deeper than a hundredמֵאָֽה׃mê·’āh — hundred; a large complete numberH3967 — Full Word Study → lashes cut into a foolכְּסִ֣ילkə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study →. ¹¹An evil man seeksיְבַקֶּשׁ־yə·ḇaq·qeš- — To seek, search for, or request earnestlyH1245 — Full Word Study → onlyאַךְ־’aḵ- — Surely, certainly, only, neverthelessH389 — Full Word Study → rebellionמְרִ֥יmə·rî — EgyptH4805 — Full Word Study →; a cruelאַ֝כְזָרִ֗י’aḵ·zā·rî — cruel, ruthless, fierceH394 — Full Word Study → messengerוּמַלְאָ֥ךְū·mal·’āḵ — messenger; angel; envoyH4397 — Full Word Study → will be sent against himיְשֻׁלַּח־yə·šul·laḥ- — to send, let go, releaseH7971 — Full Word Study →. ¹²It is better to meetפָּג֬וֹשׁpā·ḡō·wōš — To meet, encounter, or come togetherH6298 — Full Word Study → a bearדֹּ֣בdōḇ — Bear (animal)H1677 — Full Word Study → robbed of her cubsשַׁכּ֣וּלšak·kūl — Childless, bereaved of childrenH7909 — Full Word Study → thanוְאַל־wə·’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → a foolכְּ֝סִ֗ילkə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study → in his follyבְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃bə·’iw·wal·tōw — foolishness, senselessness, moral depravityH200 — Full Word Study →. ¹³If anyone returnsמֵשִׁ֣יבmê·šîḇ — to turn back, return, restoreH7725 — Full Word Study → evilרָ֭עָהrā·‘āh — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study → forתַּ֣חַתta·ḥaṯ — Under, beneath, instead of, in place ofH8478 — Full Word Study → goodטוֹבָ֑הṭō·w·ḇāh — good, beneficial, pleasing, wellH2896 — Full Word Study →, evilרָ֝עָ֗הrā·‘āh — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study → will neverלֹא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → leaveתָמִישׁṯå̄·mīš — to depart, remove, or ceaseH4185 — Full Word Study → his houseמִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃mib·bê·ṯōw — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁴To startרֵאשִׁ֣יתrê·šîṯ — Beginning, first, principal, chiefH7225 — Full Word Study → a quarrelמָד֑וֹןmā·ḏō·wn — Strife, quarreling, contentionH4066 — Full Word Study → is to releaseפּ֣וֹטֵֽרpō·w·ṭêr — to separate, dismiss, let go freeH6362 — Full Word Study → a floodמַ֭יִםma·yim — Water; liquid; fluidsH4325 — Full Word Study →; so abandonנְטֽוֹשׁ׃nə·ṭō·wōš — to abandon, forsake, or let goH5203 — Full Word Study → the disputeהָרִ֥יבhā·rîḇ — Strife, contention, legal disputeH7379 — Full Word Study → beforeוְלִפְנֵ֥יwə·lip̄·nê — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → it breaks outהִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗עhiṯ·gal·la‘ — to quarrel, strive, or meddleH1566 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁵Acquittingמַצְדִּ֣יקmaṣ·dîq — To be righteous, justify, vindicateH6663 — Full Word Study → the guiltyרָ֭שָׁעrā·šā‘ — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study → and condemningוּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַū·mar·šî·a‘ — To act wickedly; condemn as guiltyH7561 — Full Word Study → the righteousצַדִּ֑יקṣad·dîq — Righteous, just person; one who is right with GodH6662 — Full Word Study →— bothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃šə·nê·hem — The number two; a pair or coupleH8147 — Full Word Study → are detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֥תtō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ — Abomination; something detestable or loathsomeH8441 — Full Word Study → to the LORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁶Whyלָמָּה־lām·māh- — What? Why? How? (interrogative particle)H4100 — Full Word Study → should the foolכְּסִ֑ילkə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study → have moneyמְחִ֣ירmə·ḥîr — Price, cost, or value exchanged in commerceH4242 — Full Word Study → in his handבְּיַד־bə·yaḏ- — hand; power, strength, controlH3027 — Full Word Study → with noאָֽיִן׃’ā·yin — nothing, nonexistence, absenceH369 — Full Word Study → intentionוְלֶב־wə·leḇ- — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → of buyingלִקְנ֖וֹתliq·nō·wṯ — to acquire, buy, or possess through paymentH7069 — Full Word Study → wisdomחָכְמָ֣הḥāḵ·māh — Wisdom; skillful understanding and discernmentH2451 — Full Word Study →? ¹⁷A friendהָרֵ֑עַhā·rê·a‘ — neighbor, friend, companion, associateH7453 — Full Word Study → lovesאֹהֵ֣ב’ō·hêḇ — To love; affection, attachment, or preferenceH157 — Full Word Study → at allבְּכָל־bə·ḵāl — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → timesעֵ֭ת‘êṯ — Time, season, or appointed momentH6256 — Full Word Study →, and a brotherוְאָ֥חwə·’āḥ — Male sibling; brother; kinsmanH251 — Full Word Study → is bornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yiw·wā·lêḏ — to give birth, beget, or bear a childH3205 — Full Word Study → for adversityלְ֝צָרָ֗הlə·ṣā·rāh — Distress, trouble, adversityH6869 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁸A manאָדָ֣ם’ā·ḏām — Man, mankind, human beingH120 — Full Word Study → lackingחֲסַר־ḥă·sar- — to lack, be without, have need ofH2638 — Full Word Study → judgmentלֵ֭בlêḇ — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → strikesתּוֹקֵ֣עַtō·w·qê·a‘ — to blow, sound, thrust, or strike with forceH8628 — Full Word Study → hands in pledgeכָּ֑ףkāp̄ — Palm of the hand; hollow of anything; power or controlH3709 — Full Word Study → and puts up securityעֹרֵ֥ב‘ō·rêḇ — To pledge, give surety, become responsible for anotherH6148 — Full Word Study → forלִפְנֵ֥יlip̄·nê — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → his neighborרֵעֵֽהוּ׃rê·‘ê·hū — neighbor, friend, companion, associateH7453 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁹He who lovesאֹ֣הֵֽב’ō·hêḇ — To love; affection, attachment, or preferenceH157 — Full Word Study → transgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעpe·ša‘ — Willful rebellion or transgression against God's lawH6588 — Full Word Study → lovesאֹהֵ֣ב’ō·hêḇ — To love; affection, attachment, or preferenceH157 — Full Word Study → strifeמַצָּ֑הmaṣ·ṣāh — Strife, contention, quarrelingH4683 — Full Word Study →; he who builds his gateפִּ֝תְח֗וֹpiṯ·ḥōw — doorway, entrance, openingH6607 — Full Word Study → highמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmaḡ·bî·ah — to rise up, exalt, or be proud; to make highH1361 — Full Word Study → invitesמְבַקֶּשׁ־mə·ḇaq·qeš- — To seek, search for, or request earnestlyH1245 — Full Word Study → destructionשָֽׁבֶר׃šā·ḇer — Breaking, fracture, or shattering; destruction or ruinH7667 — Full Word Study →. ²⁰The one with a perverseעִקֶּשׁ־‘iq·qeš- — Crooked, perverse, morally twistedH6141 — Full Word Study → heartלֵ֭בlêḇ — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → findsיִמְצָא־yim·ṣā- — to find, discover, obtainH4672 — Full Word Study → noלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → goodט֑וֹבṭō·wḇ — good, beneficial, pleasing, wellH2896 — Full Word Study →, and he whose tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil·šō·w·nōw — Tongue; language; speechH3956 — Full Word Study → is deceitfulוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְwə·neh·pāḵ — to overturn, turn over, transformH2015 — Full Word Study → fallsיִפּ֥וֹלyip·pō·wl — to fall; collapse; perishH5307 — Full Word Study → into troubleבְּרָעָֽה׃bə·rā·‘āh — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study →. ²¹A man fathersיֹלֵ֣דyō·lêḏ — to give birth, beget, or bear a childH3205 — Full Word Study → a foolכְּ֭סִילkə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study → to his own griefלְת֣וּגָהlə·ṯū·ḡāh — Grief, sorrow, heaviness of heartH8424 — Full Word Study →; the fatherאֲבִ֣י’ă·ḇî — H1 — Full Word Study → of a foolנָבָֽל׃nā·ḇāl — foolish, senseless person; moral depravityH5036 — Full Word Study → has noוְלֹֽא־wə·lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → joyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyiś·maḥ — To rejoice, be glad, make merryH8055 — Full Word Study →. ²²A joyfulשָׂ֭מֵחַśā·mē·aḥ — to be glad, rejoice, make merryH8056 — Full Word Study → heartלֵ֣בlêḇ — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → is goodיֵיטִ֣בyê·ṭiḇ — to be good, to improve, to do wellH3190 — Full Word Study → medicineגֵּהָ֑הgê·hāh — Healing, remedy, cure, medicineH1456 — Full Word Study →, but a brokenנְ֝כֵאָ֗הnə·ḵê·’āh — Afflicted, wounded, struck downH5218 — Full Word Study → spiritוְר֥וּחַwə·rū·aḥ — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → dries upתְּיַבֶּשׁ־tə·yab·beš- — to wither, dry up, or be ashamedH3001 — Full Word Study → the bonesגָּֽרֶם׃gā·rem — bone; strength; substanceH1634 — Full Word Study →. ²³A wicked man takesיִקָּ֑חyiq·qāḥ — to take, seize, or receiveH3947 — Full Word Study → a covertמֵ֭חֵיקmê·ḥêq — Bosom; lap; embrace; inner chamberH2436 — Full Word Study → bribeשֹׁ֣חַדšō·ḥaḏ — A bribe; a gift given to corrupt or influenceH7810 — Full Word Study → to subvertלְ֝הַטּ֗וֹתlə·haṭ·ṭō·wṯ — to stretch out, extend, incline, bendH5186 — Full Word Study → the courseאָרְח֥וֹת’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ — Way, path, or manner of travelingH734 — Full Word Study → of justiceמִשְׁפָּֽט׃miš·pāṭ — Justice, judgment, or legal decisionH4941 — Full Word Study →. ²⁴Wisdomחָכְמָ֑הḥāḵ·māh — Wisdom; skillful understanding and discernmentH2451 — Full Word Study → is the focusפְּנֵ֣יpə·nê — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → of the discerningמֵבִ֣יןmê·ḇîn — To understand, discern, perceiveH995 — Full Word Study →, but the eyesוְעֵינֵ֥יwə·‘ê·nê — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → of a foolכְ֝סִ֗ילḵə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study → wander to the endsבִּקְצֵה־biq·ṣêh- — edge, border, extremity, endH7097 — Full Word Study → of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃’ā·reṣ — Land, earth, or countryH776 — Full Word Study →. ²⁵A foolishכְּסִ֑ילkə·sîl — fool, foolish personH3684 — Full Word Study → sonבֵּ֣ןbên — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → brings griefכַּ֣עַסka·‘as — Vexation, provocation, or irritation that stirs angerH3708 — Full Word Study → to his fatherלְ֭אָבִיוlə·’ā·ḇîw — H1 — Full Word Study → and bitternessוּ֝מֶ֗מֶרū·me·mer — Bitterness, harsh resentment, or bitter sorrowH4470 — Full Word Study → to her who bore himלְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃lə·yō·w·laḏ·tōw — to give birth, beget, or bear a childH3205 — Full Word Study →. ²⁶It is surelyגַּ֤םgam — also, even, moreover, both...andH1571 — Full Word Study → notלֹא־lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → goodט֑וֹבṭō·wḇ — good, beneficial, pleasing, wellH2896 — Full Word Study → to punishעֲנ֣וֹשׁ‘ă·nō·wōš — to fine, impose a penalty, condemnH6064 — Full Word Study → the innocentלַצַּדִּ֣יקlaṣ·ṣad·dîq — Righteous, just person; one who is right with GodH6662 — Full Word Study → or to flogלְהַכּ֖וֹתlə·hak·kō·wṯ — To strike, smite, or defeat with forceH5221 — Full Word Study → a nobleנְדִיבִ֣יםnə·ḏî·ḇîm — Noble, willing, generous person or heartH5081 — Full Word Study → forעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → his honestyיֹֽשֶׁר׃yō·šer — Uprightness, rightness, equityH3476 — Full Word Study →. ²⁷A man of knowledgeיוֹדֵ֣עַyō·w·ḏê·a‘ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → restrainsחוֹשֵׂ֣ךְḥō·w·śêḵ — To withhold, restrain, or hold backH2820 — Full Word Study → his wordsאֲ֭מָרָיו’ă·mā·rāw — Word, speech, saying, utteranceH561 — Full Word Study →, and a manאִ֣ישׁ’îš — man, male person, husbandH376 — Full Word Study → of understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃tə·ḇū·nāh — Prudent understanding; discernment and skillH8394 — Full Word Study → maintains a calmוְקַרwə·qar — cool, cold; refreshingH7119 — Full Word Study → spiritר֝֗וּחַSpirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study →. ²⁸Evenגַּ֤םgam — also, even, moreover, both...andH1571 — Full Word Study → a foolאֱוִ֣יל’ĕ·wîl — a foolish or senseless personH191 — Full Word Study → is consideredיֵחָשֵׁ֑בyê·ḥā·šêḇ — to think, devise, plan, or reckonH2803 — Full Word Study → wiseחָכָ֣םḥā·ḵām — Wise, skilled, or cunning in understanding and discernmentH2450 — Full Word Study → if he keeps silentמַ֭חֲרִישׁma·ḥă·rîš — to engrave, plow, devise, or keep silentH2790 — Full Word Study →, and discerning when he holdsאֹטֵ֖ם’ō·ṭêm — to shut up, close, or stopH331 — Full Word Study → his tongueשְׂפָתָ֣יוśə·p̄ā·ṯāw — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study →.