Word Study · Strong's H8222 · Hebrew
שָׂפָם
sapham
saw-fawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sâphâm
“the beard (as a lippiece)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the beard (as a lippiece)
Rendered in the KJV as
beard, (upper) lip.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- שָׂפָ֖ם2
- שָׂפָ֔ם1
- שָׂפָם֙1
- שְׂפָמ֗וֹ1
How it is rendered · 2
- a moustache4
- moustache his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 24:17שָׂפָ֔םsafamnoun · masculine singularGroan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”here: a moustache
- Ezekiel 24:22שָׂפָם֙safamnoun · masculine singularThen you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.here: a moustache