3956. lashon
Lexical Summary
lashon: tongue
Original Word: לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration: 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

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H3956. lashon

לָשׁוֺןnoun 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 ׳לExodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁןJoshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺExodus 11:7 2t.; לְשׁוֺנוֺJudges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָPsalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶםIsaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת‎ absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָםGenesis 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 בַּצָּמָאIsaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; ׳לְ בְּפִיהֶם תִּמַּקZechariah 14:12 (of ׳י‎s judgment); a choice morsel is held ל ׳תַּחַתJob 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 ׳כְּבַדExodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; ל ׳מַעֲנֵהProverbs 16:1, עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי מִלָּתוֺ2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (׳בִּל‎), עַוְלָה בִּלְשׁוֺנִי הֲיֵשׁJob 6:30; ל בְּיַד וְחַיִּים ׳מָוֶתProverbs 18:21, compare 21:23; 25:15; of (false) prophets, ל ׳הַלֹּקְהִיםJeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר‎ Di — לְשׁוֺנִי דִּבְּרָה בִחִכִּיJob 33:2; Psalm 12:4; 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) לְדַבֵּר ׳ל תְּמַהֵר ֗֗֗Isaiah 32:4, מָהִיר סֹפֵר עֵט לְשׁוֺנִיPsalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָהIsaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּעIsaiah 45:23; ׳ל בָּאָרֶץ תִּהַלַךְPsalm 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 ׳זַעַםHosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), ׳ל חַדָּה חֶרֶבPsalm 57:6, compare 64:4; ל שָֽׁנְנוּ ׳נָחָשׁ כְּמוֺ140:4; ׳כָּללֿ אִתָּךְ תָּקוּםIsaiah 54:17; ל ׳הֶאֱרִיךְ57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק‎), without בְּ‎, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare לָ חֶלְקַת ׳נָכְרִיָּהProverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן‎) עַללֿ ׳רָגַל15:3, לָשׁוֺן אִישׁ140:12, compare ׳לְ סָ֑תֶר‎ Proverbs 25:33; בְּל ׳חָטָא39:2; 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 ׳הַוּוֺת52:4, compare ׳לְ הַוֺתProverbs 17:4; ׳ל מִרְמָה תַּצְמִידPsalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; ל נְצֹר ׳מֵרָ֑ע34:14 ׅ‎ "" מִרְמָה מִדַּבֵּר (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ‎; often of lying tongue: שֶׁקֶר לְשׁוֺןProverbs 6:17; 12:19; 21:6; 26:28; Psalm 109:2; ׳לְ מִרְמָה52:6; ׳לָ רְמִיָּהMicah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; 120:3; ׳לְ תַּרְמִיתZephaniah 3:13; ׳לְ תַּהְמֻּכוֺתProverbs 10:31, and בִּל ׳נֶהְמָּךְ17:20; עֲרוּמִים׳לJob 15:5; also ׳ל דִּבֵּ֑ר מִרְמָהJeremiah 9:7; on the other hand ׳לְ צַדִּיקProverbs 10:20; ׳ל חֲכָמִים12:18; 15:2; לָ ׳מַרְמֵּה15:4; ׳לְ לִמּוּדִיםIsaiah 50:4. — Note phrases ל ׳שׁוֺטJob 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, לְשֹׁנוֺת רִיבPsalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם מַּלַּג55:10: also הַלּ ׳בַּעַלEcclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and ל עַלשְֿׂפַת ׳וַתֵּעֲלוּEzekiel 36:3. — On tongue of ׳י‎ (once), see 4 below

c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַןPsalm 51:16; 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָהPsalm 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 ֗֗֗ ׳עַם33:19 ("" 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 כֶּאֱכֹלIsaiah 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).

לִשָּׁןnoun masculineDaniel 3:7 tongue (ᵑ7‎ Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew לָשׁוֺן‎, √ לשׁן‎ ); — tongue = language, figurative for people: absolute וְל אֻמָּה ׳עַם3:29; plural emphatic ׳ע ׳א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא3:4; 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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