how to say “lips” in Hebrew

 

שְׂפָתַיִם

 

 
Yesterday we saw examples of things that come in pairs, and that they get a special ah-yeem ending in Hebrew.
 
Here’s another example – שְׂפָתַיִם  listen and repeat, lips.
 
For example:
 
יֵשׁ לָהּ שְׂפָתַיִם אֲדֻמּוֹת.
She has red lips.
 
Why the doubling ending? Because a single lip is called a שָׂפָה  listen and repeat – the same word as that for language.
 
This shouldn’t surprise you, as a synonym for language in English is tongue, just as it is in Hebrew – לָשׁוׁן  listen and repeat.

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