Lexical Definition

‎שָׂפָם‎ sâphâm (saw-fawm') mustache ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׂפָה‎

beard, (upper) lip.

• the beard (as a lippiece)

1) moustache

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׂפָם‎ noun [masculine] moustache (compare N Syriac rete; on meaning and form see Thes Ol⁴⁰⁸ Kö^{ii. 73}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Mic 3:7 +, suffix ‎שְׂפָמוֺ‎ 2Sam 19:25* — moustache: ‎׳‎‎עָשָׂה שׂ‎ 2Sam 19:25* (ᵐ5 μύστάξ) i.e. trim it; ‎׳‎‎עָטָה עַלשֿׂ‎ Mic 3:7; Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22; Lev 13:45 (P; see I. ‎עטה‎ 1). ‎שִׂפַּח‎ see III. ‎ספח‎. ‎מִשְׂפָּח‎ see II. ‎ספח‎. ‎ִ˜שׂפְמוֺת‎ 1Sam 30:28 see ‎׳‎‎שִׁפ‎. ‎שׂפן‎ see ‎ספן‎. I. ‎שׂפק‎, ‎שֶׂ֫פֶק‎ see ‎ספק‎.

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