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title: שָׂפָם — moustache · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂפָם (8222), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: moustache. BDB 1906: moustache. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂפָם

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«שָׂפָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moustache** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 8222 · **BDB:** שָׂפָם

### Glosses

a.moustache (4); moustache (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂפָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8222/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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

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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.

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