Lexical Summary lashon: tongue Original Word: לָשׁוֹןTransliteration: lashon Phonetic Spelling: (law-shone') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: tongue Meaning: the tongue Strong's Concordance babbler, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge Or lashon {law-shone'}; also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from lashan; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) -- + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. see HEBREW lashan Brown-Driver-Briggs H3956. lashon לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:21 and (more often) feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Aramaic לִישָּׁן לִשָּׁן,, (all li-); Zinjirli לשן DHMSendsch. 59); — absolute ׳ל Exodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן 7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 2t.; לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; — 1 tongue of men, a. used in lapping Judges 7:5; cleaving to the palate (חֵק), in thirst Lamentations 4:4, so as to produce dumbness Job 29:10 ("" נֶחְבָּא קוֺל), Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26 ("" נֶאֱלַם); cleaving to jaws (מַלְקוֺחַ) Psalm 22:16; ׳ל נָשָׁ֑תָּה בַּצָּמָא Isaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; ׳לְ בְּפִיהֶם תִּמַּק Zechariah 14:12 (of ׳יs judgment); a choice morsel is held ל ׳תַּחַת Job 20:12 (figurative of mischief), compare Psalm 10:7 (ready to be uttered), 66:17 ("" מֶּה), Song of Solomon 4:11. b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often "" שָׂפָה מֶּה,); — ל ׳כְּבַד Exodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; ל ׳מַעֲנֵה Proverbs 16:1, עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי מִלָּתוֺ 2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (׳בִּל), עַוְלָה בִּלְשׁוֺנִי הֲיֵשׁ Job 6:30; ל בְּיַד וְחַיִּים ׳מָוֶת Proverbs 18:21, compare 21:23; 25:15; of (false) prophets, ל ׳הַלֹּקְהִים Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר Di — לְשׁוֺנִי דִּבְּרָה בִחִכִּי Job 33:2; Psalm 12:4; 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) לְדַבֵּר ׳ל תְּמַהֵר ֗֗֗ Isaiah 32:4, מָהִיר סֹפֵר עֵט לְשׁוֺנִי Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָה Isaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23; ׳ל בָּאָרֶץ תִּהַלַךְ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc., Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I. חָרַץ q. v., compare 3 below), Jeremiah 18:18; Isaiah 3:8; ל ׳זַעַם Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), ׳ל חַדָּה חֶרֶב Psalm 57:6, compare 64:4; ל שָֽׁנְנוּ ׳נָחָשׁ כְּמוֺ 140:4; ׳כָּללֿ אִתָּךְ תָּקוּם Isaiah 54:17; ל ׳הֶאֱרִיךְ 57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק), without בְּ, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare לָ חֶלְקַת ׳נָכְרִיָּה Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן) עַללֿ ׳רָגַל 15:3, לָשׁוֺן אִישׁ140:12, compare ׳לְ סָ֑תֶר Proverbs 25:33; בְּל ׳חָטָא 39:2; compare 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant 12:5 (compare 12:4 above); as devising injuries, ל תַּחְשֹׁב ׳הַוּוֺת 52:4, compare ׳לְ הַוֺת Proverbs 17:4; ׳ל מִרְמָה תַּצְמִיד Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; ל נְצֹר ׳מֵרָ֑ע 34:14 ׅ "" מִרְמָה מִדַּבֵּר (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ; often of lying tongue: שֶׁקֶר לְשׁוֺן Proverbs 6:17; 12:19; 21:6; 26:28; Psalm 109:2; ׳לְ מִרְמָה 52:6; ׳לָ רְמִיָּה Micah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; 120:3; ׳לְ תַּרְמִית Zephaniah 3:13; ׳לְ תַּהְמֻּכוֺת Proverbs 10:31, and בִּל ׳נֶהְמָּךְ 17:20; עֲרוּמִים׳ל Job 15:5; also ׳ל דִּבֵּ֑ר מִרְמָה Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand ׳לְ צַדִּיק Proverbs 10:20; ׳ל חֲכָמִים 12:18; 15:2; לָ ׳מַרְמֵּה 15:4; ׳לְ לִמּוּדִים Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases ל ׳שׁוֺט Job 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, לְשֹׁנוֺת רִיב Psalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם מַּלַּג 55:10: also הַלּ ׳בַּעַל Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and ל עַלשְֿׂפַת ׳וַתֵּעֲלוּ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of ׳י (once), see 4 below c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַן Psalm 51:16; 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָה Psalm 119:172. 2 = language Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely: Ezekiel 3:5-6, (ל ׳כִּבְדֵי, "" שָׂפָה עִמְקֵי, but strike out ᵐ5 Manuscripts Co SgfrKauAT), Isaiah 28:11 ("" שָׂפָה לַעֲגֵי ׳ל, אַחֶרֶת, figurative of ׳יs unintelligible dealings); ל נִלְעַג ֗֗֗ ׳עַם 33:19 ("" שָׂפָה עִמְקֵי); 66:18 ("" גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P), Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); 3:12; 8:9 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:4. 3 tongue of animals: dog Exodus 11:7 (J; object of I. חָרַץ q. v.; compare 1b), Psalm 68:24; adder Job 20:16 (subjectof תַּהֲרֹג); crocodile Job 40:25. 4 tongue of fire, devouring, אֵשׁ לְשׁוֺן קַשׁ כֶּאֱכֹל Isaiah 5:24; compare of אֹכָ֑לֶת כְּאֵשׁ וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ ׳י, 30:27 ("" זַעַם מָֽלְאוּ שְׂפָתָיו). 5 = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE). **So Assyrian lišânu; see MeissnZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. JohnsAssyrian Deeds 2, 281. 6 = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2, 5; 18:19 (all P). לִשָּׁן noun masculineDaniel 3:7 tongue (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew לָשׁוֺן, √ לשׁן ); — tongue = language, figurative for people: absolute וְל אֻמָּה ׳עַם 3:29; plural emphatic ׳ע ׳א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא 3:4; 3:7; 4:31; 5:19; 6:26; 7:14 (compare Biblical Hebrew לָשׁוֺן 2, Isaiah 66:18). מָא see מָה. below |
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