Etymology?:
probably from sāfā סָפָה ‘to snatch’ or šāfā שָׁפָה ‘be bare’ through the idea of termination, compare sōf סוֹף ‘end’
Roots:
ספה
שׁפה
śāfā n, f
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Mentioned in Genesis 11:1, 11:6, 41:3, 22:17, 41:17, 11:7, 11:9 Exodus 26:4, 26:10, 36:11, 6:12, 6:30, 7:15, 28:26, 39:19, 28:32, 2:3, 14:30, 36:17, 39:23 Codex Leviticus 5:4 Numbers 30:7, 30:9, 30:13 Deuteronomy 2:36, 23:24, 4:48 Joshua 12:2, 13:9, 13:16, 11:4 Judges 7:22, 7:12 1 Samuel 13:5, 1:13 1 Kings 9:26, 5:9, 7:26, 7:23, 7:24 2 Kings 2:13, 19:28, 18:20 Isaiah 29:13, 6:5, 37:29, 19:18, 28:11, 33:19, 36:5, 30:27, 6:7, 57:19, 59:3, 11:4 Jeremiah 17:16 Ezekiel 47:6, 36:3, 43:13, 3:5, 3:6, 47:7, 47:12 Hosea 14:3 Habakkuk 3:16 Zephaniah 3:9 Malachi 2:6, 2:7 Psalms 12:5, 17:4, 45:3, 51:17, 17:1, 16:4, 12:3, 59:13, 31:19, 81:6, 21:3, 66:14, 71:23, 106:33, 40:10, 89:35, 12:4, 34:14, 141:3, 63:6, 59:8, 63:4, 140:4, 119:171, 120:2, 22:8, 119:13, 140:10 Proverbs 16:13, 22:11, 10:8, 10:10, 10:21, 14:3, 17:28, 17:4, 14:7, 16:27, 18:20, 14:23, 24:28, 27:2, 12:22, 8:7, 12:19, 17:7, 18:6, 22:18, 10:13, 16:21, 20:19, 10:18, 8:6, 23:16, 24:2, 10:19, 24:26, 26:23, 5:2, 15:7, 20:15, 19:1, 5:3, 16:23, 7:21, 16:30, 10:32, 12:13, 18:7, 16:10, 4:24, 13:3, 26:24 Job 11:5, 2:10, 11:2, 27:4, 12:20, 16:5, 23:12, 33:3, 15:6, 32:20, 8:21, 13:6 Song of Songs 4:3, 5:13, 7:10, 4:11 Lamentations 3:62 Ecclesiastes 10:12 Daniel 10:16, 12:5 2 Chronicles 8:17, 4:2, 4:5